Indication of transposition of a mobile DNA element containing the vat(D) and erm(B) genes in Enterococcus faecium.

ABSTRACT: The vat(D) and erm(B) genes encoding streptogramin resistance in Enterococcus faecium transferred together, and a direct physical link between erm(B) and vat(D) was detected. Both the vat(D) and erm(B) probes hybridized to fragments of different sizes in the donor and transconjugants, which indicated a transposition event.

SUBMITTER: Hammerum AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC90811 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature