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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2025

Two novel trimethoprim resistance genes,

Kai Wang, Jikai Xu, Xiaowei Lu, Pan Yin, Li Chen, Ziwei Zhao, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón, Jinshui Zheng, Ming Sun and 1 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors.

Kai WangNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8955-877X
Jikai XuNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Xiaowei LuNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Pan YinNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Li ChenNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Ziwei ZhaoNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Alejandra BravoInstituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7573-7475
Mario SoberónInstituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jinshui ZhengNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0147-5900
Ming SunNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Donghai PengNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4918-2357

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31970075, U20A2040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phage-plasmids carry a significant burden of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Intriguingly, the majority of these ARGs are found within plasmids with phage features, with a single exception residing in a phage genome with plasmid features. Therefore, we speculate that phage genomes with plasmid features, whose sequences are highly homologous to bacterial plasmids, may carry novel ARGs. We subsequently identified 46 such phage genomes by employing Hidden Markov models (HMMs) based on plasmid-specific protein profiles andbasic local alignment search tool (BLASTn) searches against the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) RefSeq Plasmid Database. Among them, six phages harbored seven ARGs identified through a lenient-threshold search strategy, of which only two had been previously reported. The remaining five ARGs were categorized as novel ARGs since their encoded proteins differed from known ARGs. Notably, half of the phages carried trimethoprim-resistant

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BacteriophagesPlasmidsTrimethoprimTrimethoprim ResistanceAnti-Bacterial AgentsEscherichia coliGenome, ViralMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsTrimethoprimantibiotic resistance genesdfrAphage-plasmidstrimethoprim resistance

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PMID40503927
PMCPMC12217456

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