A Staphylococcus xylosus Isolate with a New mecC Allotype

作者：Harrison Ewan M; Paterson Gavin K; Holden Matthew T G; Morgan Fiona J E; Larsen Anders Rhod; Petersen Andreas; Leroy Sabine; De Vliegher Sarne; Perreten Vincent; Fox Lawrence K; Lam Theo J G M; Sampimon Otlis C; Zadoks Ruth N; Peacock Sharon J; Parkhill Julian; Holmes Mark A^*

来源：Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2013, 57(3): 1524-1528.

DOI：10.1128/AAC.01882-12

Recently, a novel variant of mecA known as mecC (mecA(LGA251)) was identified in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from both humans and animals. In this study, we identified a Staphylococcus xylosus isolate that harbors a new allotype of the mecC gene, mecC1. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that mecC1 forms part of a class E mec complex (mecI-mecR1-mecC1-blaZ) located at the orfX locus as part of a likely staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) remnant, which also contains a number of other genes present on the type XI SCCmec.

• 出版日期2013-3