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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 813-815, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.813-815.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Florfenicol-Chloramphenicol Exporter Gene fexA Is Part of the Novel Transposon Tn558

Corinna Kehrenberg and Stefan Schwarz*

Institut für Tierzucht, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany

Received 6 July 2004/ Returned for modification 16 September 2004/ Accepted 17 October 2004

The florfenicol-chloramphenicol exporter gene fexA is part of the novel transposon Tn558 from Staphylococcus lentus. Similarities between Tn558 and Tn554 from Staphylococcus aureus included the arrangement of the transposase genes tnpA to -C and an att554-like target sequence. Circular forms of Tn558 were detected and suggest the functional activity of this transposon.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Tierzucht, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Höltystr. 10, 31535 Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany. Phone: 49-5034-871-241. Fax: 49-5034-871-246. E-mail: stefan.schwarz{at}fal.de.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 813-815, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.813-815.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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