A transferable 20-kilobase multiple drug resistance-conferring R plasmid (pKL0018) from a fish pathogen (Lactococcus garvieae)ls highly homologous to a conjugative multiple drug resistance-conferring enterococcal plasmid

Abstract

Lactococcus garvieae, the causative agent of lactococcosis, has evolved strains that are highly resistant to antibiotics. Here, the 20,034-bp sequence of L. garvieae conjugative plasmid pKL0018 was determined. It contained two erm B genes and one tet S gene and a backbone more than 96% identical to that of pRE25, an Enterococcus faecalis plasmid from dry sausage. Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.