DNA-SEQUENCE VARIATION WITHIN VANA, VANB, VANC-1, AND VANC-2 3 GENES OF CLINICAL ENTEROCOCCUS ISOLATES/

Authors
PATEL R UHL JR KOHNER P HOPKINS MK STECKELBERG JM KLINE B COCKERILL FR
Citation
R. Patel et al., DNA-SEQUENCE VARIATION WITHIN VANA, VANB, VANC-1, AND VANC-2 3 GENES OF CLINICAL ENTEROCOCCUS ISOLATES/, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 42(1), 1998, pp. 202-205
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
202 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1998)42:1<202:DVWVVV>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We studied the DNA sequence variation of van genes of 34 isolates of E nterococcus spp. The isolates containing the vanB gene exhibited betwe en 0 and 41 base pair changes per 801 bp studied when the vanB sequenc es were compared to that of the reference strain Enterococcus faecalis V583. The isolates carrying the vanC-2 gene exhibited between 0 and 2 3 base pair changes per 346 bp studied when the vanC-2 sequences were compared to that of the reference strain E. casseliflavus ATCC 25788. Little variation was noted in the vanA and vanC-1 genes.