Glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium BM4416 is a VanD-type strain with an impaired D-Alanine:D-Alanine ligase

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作者
Perichon, B
Casadewall, B
Reynolds, P
Courvalin, P
机构
[1] Inst Pasteur, Unite Agents Antibacteriens, F-75724 Paris 15, France
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Biochem, Cambridge CB2 1QW, England
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10.1128/AAC.44.5.1346-1348.2000
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
VanD-type Enterococcus faecium BM4416 was constitutively resistant to vancomycin and to teicoplanin by synthesis of peptidoglycan precursors ending in D-alanyl-D-lactate. Like E. faecium BM4339, the only VanD-type strain described so far, BM4416 produced an impaired D-alanine:D-alanine ligase. Unlike for BM4339, which had a 5-bp insertion in ddl, inactivation of the gene in BM4116 was due to insertion of IS19.
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页码:1346 / 1348
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