Recovery of a functional class 2 integron from an Escherichia coli strain mediating a urinary tract infection.

ABSTRACT: A class 2 integron was found in an Escherichia coli isolate mediating a urinary tract infection. Unlike other class 2 integrons from pathogens, the encoded IntI2 protein was functional. The integron possessed a dfrA14 cassette, and a second novel cassette in which a lipoprotein signal peptidase gene is predicted.

SUBMITTER: Marquez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2573131 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature