Da. Boyd et al., Partial characterization of a genomic island associated with the multidrugresistance region of Salmonella enterica Typhymurium DT104, FEMS MICROB, 189(2), 2000, pp. 285-291
This study describes the identification of the insertion site and partial c
haracterization of a 43-kb region harboring the genes associated with the p
enta-resistant phenotype of a Canadian isolate of Salmonella enterica Typhy
murium DT104 labelled 96-5227. The 43-kb fragment, here referred to as Salm
onella genomic island I (SgiI), was found in the genome of S. enterica Typh
ymurium between the thdf and a prophage CP-4-like integrase (int2) gene and
is flanked by an imperfect 18-bp direct repeat. A region downstream of sun
in the right end of SgiI contained four open reading frames which includes
an IS6100 element, and a 2-kb region from the left end contained two open
reading frames which showed homology to an integrase and an excisionase. Fu
rthermore, a 1.9-kb retron sequence located between int2 and yidY was ident
ified which may be unique to the S. enterica Typhymurium genome. The int-re
tron sequence is flanked by a 27-bp imperfect direct repeat. (C) 2000 Feder
ation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science
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