Pseudomonas putida group species serve as reservoirs of conjugative plasmids disseminating Tn402-like class 1 integrons carrying blaVIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase genes
M. Brovedan, P. M. Marchiaro, M. S. Diaz, D. Faccone, A. Corso, F. Pasteran, A. M. Viale, A. S. Limansky
The paper identifies conjugative plasmids in Pseudomonas putida group species that carry Tn402-like integrons with blaVIM-2 genes, showing their role in antibiotic resistance dissemination.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2020Microbiology