A total of 232 isolates of gram-negative bacteria were recovered from mammals, reptiles, and birds housed at Asa Zoological Park, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. Forty-nine isolates (21.1%) showed multidrug resistance phenotypes and harbored at least one antimicrobial resistance gene. PCR and DNA sequencing identified class 1 and class 2 integrons and many beta-lactamase-encoding genes, in addition to a novel AmpC beta-lactamase gene, bla(CMY-26). Furthermore, the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes qnr and aac(6')-Ib-cr were also identified.
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: Applied and environmental microbiology
VOLUME: 73
Page Numbers: 6686-90
Journal Abbreviation: Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
ISSN: 0099-2240
DAY: 24
MONTH: 08
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan. tadashis@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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