Sunday, September 19, 2010

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of KPC-3-Encoding Plasmid pKpQIL in the Epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 258

We have determined the entire DNA sequence of plasmid pKpQIL, the blaKPC-3-carrying plasmid harbored by the carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone sequence type 258 (ST 258) in Israel. pKpQIL is a 113,637-bp, self-transmissible plasmid that belongs to the incompatibility group IncFII. It consists of a large backbone of a pKPN4-like plasmid and carries the blaKPC-3-containing Tn4401a transposon of a pNYC-like plasmid.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2010, p. 4493-4496, Vol. 54, No. 10
0066-4804/10/$12.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00175-10

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