Various mobile genetic elements carrying optrA in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolates from swine within the same farm.

Huiyong XuanLining XiaStefan SchwarzHaiyan JiaXiaohui YaoShufeng WangRuichao LiJianchao WeiZongjie LiDonghua ShaoKe LiuYafeng QiuZhiyong MaBeibei Li

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)

The gene optrA was found in genetically unrelated E. faecium and E. faecalis isolates from the same farm. Analysis of the genetic contexts of optrA suggested that horizontal transfer including different plasmids and transposons played a key role in the dissemination of optrA in this farm.

Keyphrases

genome wide
copy number
escherichia coli
dna methylation
biofilm formation
gene expression
klebsiella pneumoniae
staphylococcus aureus
pseudomonas aeruginosa
multidrug resistant
transcription factor