Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2003, p. 1115-1119, Vol. 47, No. 3
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.3.1115-1119.2003
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Mercury Resistance Determinants Related to Tn21, Tn1696, and Tn5053 in Enterobacteria from the Preantibiotic Era
Ashraf M. M. Essa, Daniel J. Julian, Stephen P. Kidd, Nigel L. Brown, and Jon L. Hobman*
School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Received 9 July 2002/
Returned for modification 4 October 2002/
Accepted 2 December 2002
Three mer transposons from the Murray collection of preantibiotic enterobacteria show >99% sequence identity to current isolates. Tn5073 is most closely related to Tn5036 and Tn1696, and Tn5074 is most closely related to Tn5053. Tn5075 is most closely related to Tn21 but lacks integron In2 and is flanked by insertion elements.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0)121 414 6558. Fax: 44 (0)121 414 5925. E-mail: J.L.Hobman{at}bham.ac.uk.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2003, p. 1115-1119, Vol. 47, No. 3
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.3.1115-1119.2003
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