Identification and prevalence of RND family multidrug efflux pump oqxAB genes in Enterococci isolates from swine manure in China.

CONCLUSION: This is the first time that the oqxAB genes have been identified in Enterococcus faecalis from swine manure. The genetic linkage of oqxAB-aph(3')-IIa in Enterococcus has not been described before. The high prevalence of oqxAB genes in Enterococcus suggests that it may constitute a reservoir for oqxAB genes and pose a potential threat to public health.
PMID: 29687766 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - April 23, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yuan L, Zhai YJ, Wu H, Sun HR, He ZP, Wang YB, Pan YS, Kuang NN, Hu GZ Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research