Characterization of an MDR Lactobacillus salivarius isolate harbouring the phenicol-oxazolidinone-tetracycline resistance gene poxtA. (31st May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhu, Yao; Yang, Wenlin; Schwarz, Stefan; Xu, Qiu; Yang, Qin; Wang, Lingli; Liu, Siguo; Zhang, Wanjiang
• Is Part Of: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Volume 77:Number 8(2022)
• Page Start: 2125
• Page End: 2129
• Publication Date: 2022-05-31
• Subjects: Anti-infective agents -- Periodicals; Chemotherapy -- Periodicals; 615.58
• DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkac169
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-7453

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: To characterize the oxazolidinone resistance gene poxtA in a Lactobacillus salivarius isolate of pig origin. Methods: L. salivarius isolate BNS11 was investigated for the presence of mobile oxazolidinone resistance genes by PCR. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by broth microdilution. Transfer experiments were conducted to assess horizontal transferability of the gene poxtA . WGS was carried out using a combination of Oxford Nanopore MinION/Illumina HiSeq platforms. The presence of translocatable units (TUs) carrying resistance genes was studied by PCR assays and subsequent sequence analysis. Results: L. salivarius isolate BNS11 was positive for poxtA . WGS showed that it harboured two gene copies each of the poxtA and the fexB genes, which were located on the broad-host-range Inc18 plasmid pBNS11-37kb and in the chromosomal DNA, respectively. The plasmid-borne poxtA gene together with the genes fexB, vat (E) and erm (C) were located in an MDR region on plasmid pBNS11-37kb. Analysis of the genetic context showed that an approx. 11 kb poxtA - fexB fragment was integrated into the chromosomal DNA and two novel IS elements IS Lasa1 and IS Lasa2 were identified in this inserted fragment. PCR assays revealed that five different IS 1216E -based TUs carrying the resistance genes poxtA, fexB, vat (E) or erm (C) were formed. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the transferable oxazolidinone resistance gene poxtA in the genus Lactobacillus . In addition, the presence of IS 1216E -based TUs will contribute to the persistence and accelerate the dissemination of resistance genes, including poxtA .