Next Generation of Tn7-based single copy insertion elements for use in multi- and pandrug resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii.

This study demonstrates the practical potential of using apramycin and zeocin mini-Tn7 and Flp recombinase encoded constructs to carry out genomic manipulations in clinical isolates of A. baumannii displaying MDR and XDR phenotypes.
PMID: 30902859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology - March 21, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ducas-Mowchun K, De Silva PM, Crisostomo L, Fernando DM, Chao TC, Pelka P, Schweizer HP, Kumar A Tags: Appl Environ Microbiol Source Type: research