Molecular heterogeneity of bla(VIM-2)-containing integrons from Pseudomonas aeruginosa plasmids encoding the VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2001 Feb 20;195(2):145-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10512.x.

Abstract

A bla(VIM-2) metallo-beta-lactamase determinant, identical to that previously identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa COL-1 isolate from a French hospital, was detected on a 28-kb plasmid carried by a nosocomial isolate of P. aeruginosa from Verona, Italy. In this plasmid the bla(VIM-2) determinant was inserted into a class 1 integron of original structure, named In72, that contains a partially deleted intI1 integrase gene and two gene cassettes. The first cassette carries an aacA4 aminoglycoside acetyl transferase determinant. The second cassette carries a bla(VIM-2) determinant followed by a partially deleted attC site. The structure of In72 was notably different from that of In56, the bla(VIM-2)-containing integron found in the COL-1 isolate, revealing the existence of molecular heterogeneity among bla(VIM-2)-containing integrons in clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa from Europe.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / genetics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Transposable Elements*
  • Integrases / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • Recombination, Genetic*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Acetyltransferases
  • aminoglycoside acetyltransferase
  • Integrases
  • integron integrase IntI1
  • beta-lactamase bla(vim-2)
  • beta-Lactamases