Complete Genome Sequence of Phage-Like Plasmid pECOH89, Encoding CTX-M-15

Linda Falgenhauer; Yancheng Yao; Moritz Fritzenwanker; Judith Schmiedel; Can Imirzalioglu; Trinad Chakraborty

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00356-14

Complete Genome Sequence of Phage-Like Plasmid pECOH89, Encoding CTX-M-15

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 24;2(2):e00356-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00356-14.

Authors

Linda Falgenhauer¹, Yancheng Yao, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Judith Schmiedel, Can Imirzalioglu, Trinad Chakraborty

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

Abstract

A nonconjugative and nontypable plasmid of a clinical Escherichia coli isolate expressing resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) was isolated and sequenced. The plasmid pECOH89 contains a CTX-M-15 resistance cassette and comprises 111,741 bp, with strong homology to bacteriophage-like plasmids and to the Salmonella-specific bacteriophage SSU5.