Staphylococcus sciuri Gene erm (33), Encoding Inducible Resistance to Macrolides, Lincosamides, and Streptogramin B Antibiotics, Is a Product of Recombination between erm (C) and erm (A)

Abstract

A gene which mediates inducible resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramin B antibiotics, designated erm (33), was detected on the Staphylococcus sciuri plasmid pSCFS1. Analysis of the erm (33) reading frame suggested that this gene was the product of a recombination between an erm (C) gene and an erm (A) gene. Such a recombination event is a novel observation for erm genes.

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