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ArticlePloS one2014

Characterization of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome composite island of Staphylococcus haemolyticus SH32, a methicillin-resistant clinical isolate from China.

Dongliang Yu, Borui Pi, Yan Chen, Yanfei Wang, Zhi Ruan, Michael Otto, Yunsong Yu

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dongliang YuInstitute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China ; Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Borui PiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yan ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China ; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Yanfei WangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhi RuanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Michael OttoNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Yunsong YuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CNNational Institutes of Health · USZhejiang University · CN

Funding

Staphylococcal pathogenesisZIAAI000904 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI OTTO, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2025
$22.6M
Role of the human microbiota and probioticsZIAAI001080 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI OTTO, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2025
$9.7M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) elements contribute considerably to virulence and resistance to antibiotic agents in staphylococci. SCC elements in coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are highly diverse and there is evidence suggesting that they serve as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However, only a small number of SCC elements have been characterized in CoNS and their exact roles in the emergence and evolution of MRSA remain to be demonstrated. Here, we determined the structure of an SCC composite island (CISH32) found in the clinical Staphylococcus haemolyticus isolate SH32 by whole-genome DNA sequencing. CISH32 was 48 kb in length and mainly composed of two imperfect SCC elements, namely (i) a ΨSCCmec(SH32) part containing a class C1 mec gene complex but lacking ccr genes and (ii) a SCCSH32 part with a ccrA5B3 gene complex but lacking mec genes. In addition, CISH32 contained a type III restriction-modification system and several resistance loci, for example genes conferring resistance to cadmium and arsenic. ΨSCCmec(SH32) is almost entirely identical to a pseudo SCCmec element found in S. haemolyticus WCH1 and shares pronounced sequence similarity to a ΨSCCmec element of S. haemolyticus JCSC1435. However, staphylococci other than S. haemolyticus, including S. aureus and S. epidermidis, contain homologs of SCCSH32 that are more similar to SCCSH32 than those elements found in S. haemolyticus, suggesting that CISH32 of S. haemolyticus SH32 was assembled in recent evolutionary events. Moreover, the composite structure of CISH32 indicates that the detection of class C1 mec and ccrA5B3 gene complexes in S. haemolyticus does not always indicate the existence of a UT9-type SCCmec element, which has remained questionable.

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Base SequenceChinaComputational BiologyDNA PrimersEvolution, MolecularGenome, BacterialGenomic IslandsMethicillin ResistanceMolecular Sequence AnnotationMolecular Sequence DataSequence Analysis, DNASequence HomologySpecies SpecificityStaphylococcus haemolyticusDNA Primers

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PMID24466348
PMCPMC3900703
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