Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To understand the transitivity of
blaNDM-1 plasmid, plasmid replicon typing, and genetic environment in
Enterobacter aerogenes isolates.
METHODS The
E.aerogenes isolates were recruited as the study objects, then the transitivity of the plasmids was identified via plasmid binding assay, the plasmid replicon typing was carried out by using PCR, the DNA downstream and upstream around
blaNDM-1 were sequenced by means of DNA walking method, and the genomic sequences were aligned by using BLASTN and BALSTP and were annotated with the use of Vector NTI 11.5.1.
RESULTS The
E.aerogenes isolates were positive for the plasmid binding assay, the plasmid rellicon was type IncA/C. The
blaNDM-1 gene localized between ISAba14 and IS91. Class 1 integron, followed by Tn3 transposon, was identified in the upstream of the
blaNDM-1, and the class 1 integron bore an unique resistance gene cassette consisting of large mosaic sequences.
CONCLUSION The pHN-NDM0711 bears
blaNDM-1 gene in an IncA/C plasmid, and the resistance gene cassette derives from gene recombination under the pressure of selection of different antibiotics. The reasonable use of clinical, industrial, and agricultural antibiotics may prevent such species of pathogen from emerging.