FEMS Microbiology Letters · 1998 · 98 citations · 19 references
Life SciencesGeneticsMicrobiologyAntimicrobial ResistanceBacteriologyMicrobial GeneticsAntibiotic ResistanceAntibiotic Resistance EvolutionAntibiotic Resistance GeneticsAntibiotic Resistance MechanismsResistance GenesVeterinary Antimicrobial ResistanceBacterial Resistance DetectionEnterococcus ResistanceResistance Gene DisseminationResistance Gene TransmissionResistance Mechanisms In EnterococciResistance Plasmid TransferStreptogramin ResistanceTransmission Genetics Of Resistance
The satA gene encoding streptogramin A resistance was detected in virginiamycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from pigs and broilers. The satA gene was present in 22 of 89 (25%) virginiamycin-resistant E. faecium isolates. It was shown that the satA gene and other gene(s) encoding streptogramin resistance could be transferred between isogenic E. faecium strains at frequencies ranging from 2.3 x 10(-4) to 2.2 x 10(-3) transconjugants per donor.
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