Identification of a novel variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, type II.5, and its truncated form by insertion of putative conjugative transposon Tn6012

Xiao Han; Teruyo Ito; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Xue Ma Xiao; Michihiko Takasu; Yoshio Uehara; Duarte C. Oliveira; Hermínia De Lencastre; Keiichi Hiramatsu

doi:10.1128/AAC.00772-08

Identification of a novel variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, type II.5, and its truncated form by insertion of putative conjugative transposon Tn6012

Xiao Han, Teruyo Ito, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Xue Ma Xiao, Michihiko Takasu, Yoshio Uehara, Duarte C. Oliveira, Hermínia De Lencastre, Keiichi Hiramatsu

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Abstract

We identified two novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) elements in sequence type 8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Japan: type II.5 SCCmec, whose J1 region was highly homologous to that of type I.2 SCCmec of strain PL72 (previously isolated in Poland), and its J1 region variant caused by the deletion/insertion of putative conjugative transposon Tn6012, identified in four S. aureus genomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2616-2619
Number of pages	4
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume	53
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00772-08
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

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Han, X., Ito, T., Takeuchi, F., Xiao, X. M., Takasu, M., Uehara, Y., Oliveira, D. C., De Lencastre, H., & Hiramatsu, K. (2009). Identification of a novel variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, type II.5, and its truncated form by insertion of putative conjugative transposon Tn6012. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53(6), 2616-2619. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00772-08

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Identification of a novel variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, type II.5, and its truncated form by insertion of putative conjugative transposon Tn6012

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