Characterization of a prophage and a defective integrative conjugative element carrying the optrA gene in linezolid-resistant Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates from pigs, Italy.
Marzia CinthiFrancesca Romana MassacciSonia Nina CoccittoElisa AlbiniLucilla CuccoMassimiliano OrsiniSerena SimoniEleonora GiovanettiAndrea BrencianiChiara Francesca MagistraliPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2023)
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first identification of the optrA gene on a prophage and an ICE in SDSE isolates from swine brain.These findings are consistent with the current belief in the key role of bacteriophages and ICEs in the streptococcal evolution and adaptation.
Keyphrases
- copy number
- genome wide
- healthcare
- genome wide identification
- white matter
- biofilm formation
- resting state
- escherichia coli
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- candida albicans
- gene expression
- cystic fibrosis
- transcription factor
- genome wide analysis
- brain injury
- network analysis
- antibiotic resistance genes
- cerebral ischemia