gyrA mutations in quinolone-resistant isolates of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1994 Oct;38(10):2460-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.38.10.2460.

Abstract

gyrA mutations in quinolone-resistant isolates of Aeromonas salmonicida have been detected by using PCR to amplify the quinolone resistance-determining region of gyrA and subsequent cloning and sequencing of PCR products. Comparison of nucleotide and derived amino acid sequences of PCR products from quinolone-susceptible and -resistant bacteria revealed a serine 83-to-isoleucine substitution in the gyrase A protein of resistant isolates. One of the resistant isolates differed from the other by a two- to fourfold-higher MIC of the fluoroquinolone enrofloxacin and carried an additional alanine 67-to-glycine substitution, which may contribute to the higher level of resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 4-Quinolones
  • Aeromonas / drug effects*
  • Aeromonas / genetics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Gyrase
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / chemistry
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Salmon / microbiology

Substances

  • 4-Quinolones
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • DNA Gyrase
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II

Associated data

  • GENBANK/L42453