Abstract
The aim of the present study was to describe the first mphC-positive staphylococci, including two Staphylococcus lentus (Sle-087lar and Sle-091lar) and one Staphylococcus xylosus (Sxy-228lar), isolated from samples of animal origin, in Greece. Isolates Sle-087lar and Sxy-228lar were resistant to erythromycin, whereas Sle-091lar was resistant to erythromycin and lincomycin. All three isolates were susceptible to the remaining antibiotics. PCR screening showed that isolate Sle-091lar carried also ermB. For Sxy-228lar, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and de novo assembly obtained an mphC-positive contig of 57.3-kb exhibiting high similarity with the genome of mphC-negative S. xylosus S170. However, mphC of Sxy-228lar was 91% similar to that found in plasmid pJW2311 from S. xylosus JW2311. Additionally, WGS data showed that Sle-087lar and Sle-091lar harbored mphC-carrying sequences being highly similar to the recently announced genome of the mphC-carrying S. lentus isolate 050AP from Tanzania. However, differences were observed in the mphC environment, suggesting the independent acquisition of the gene by each isolate. Sle-091lar also harbored transposon Tn917, which carries ermB resistance gene, integrated into S. lentus chromosome....Continue Reading
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