CLONING AND HETEROSPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF THE RESISTANCE DETERMINANT-VANA ENCODING HIGH-LEVEL RESISTANCE TO GLYCOPEPTIDES IN ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECIUM BM4147

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BRISSONNOEL, A [1 ]
DUTKAMALEN, S [1 ]
MOLINAS, C [1 ]
LECLERCQ, R [1 ]
COURVALIN, P [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PARIS 12,HOP HENRI MONDOR,SERV BACTERIOL VIROL HYG,F-94010 CRETEIL,FRANCE
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10.1128/AAC.34.5.924
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Fragments of plasmid pIP816, which confers high-level glycopeptide resistance in Enterococcus faecium BM4147, were cloned into a conjugative gram-negative-gram-positive shuttle vector. The resulting hybrids were transferred by conjugation from Escherichia coli to Enterococcus faecalis and Bacillus thuringiensis. A 4-kilobase EcoRI fragment from pIP816 was found to confer vancomycin resistance in these hosts but not in E. coli or Bacillus subtilis.
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