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SUBMITTER: Ruggiero M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5923148 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20180426 5
The <i>bla</i><sub>PER-2</sub>-harboring plasmid pCf587 (191,541 bp) belongs to lineage IncA/C<sub>1</sub> and is closely related to pRA1. It contains a large resistance island including the <i>bla</i><sub>PER-2</sub> gene between two copies of IS<i>Kox2</i>-like elements, the toxin-antitoxin module <i>pemK-pemI</i>, several other resistance genes inserted within a Tn<i>2</i> transposon, a Tn<i>21</i>-like structure, and a class 1 integron. pCf587 belongs to sequence type 13 (ST13), a new plasmi ...[more]