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Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.00557-06
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Comparative DNA analysis of two vanA plasmids of Enterococcus faecium isolated from poultry and a poultry farmer in Norway

Department of Pharmacy and Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, and Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology, Tromsø, Norway

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: hege.sletvold{at}farmasi.uit.no,

	Abstract

The DNA-sequence of two vanA plasmids pVEF1 (39,626 bp) and pVEF2 (39,714 bp) were determined, 43 shared coding sequences were identified, and the only nucleotide difference is an 88 bp indel. A postsegregational killing system was identified, possibly explaining the persistence of the vanA gene cluster in Norwegian poultry farms.

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