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Recovery of a Functional Class 2 Integron from an Escherichia coli Strain Mediating a Urinary Tract Infection

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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 52, Issue 11, Pages 4153-4154

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00710-08

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  1. National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
  2. PEDECIBA-Qu mica
  3. Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay [FCE9029]

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A class 2 integron was found in an Escherichia coli isolate mediating a urinary tract infection. Unlike other class 2 integrons from pathogens, the encoded IntI2 protein was functional. The integron possessed a dfrA14 cassette, and a second novel cassette in which a lipoprotein signal peptidase gene is predicted.

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