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Aminoglycoside resistance genes in early members of the Acinetobacter baumannii ST78A (SMAL, Italian clone) reside in an IS26-bounded island in the chromosome.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2024 March 27
BACKGROUND: The Acinetobacter baumannii isolate called SMAL, previously used to determine the structures of capsular polysaccharide and lipooligosaccharide, was recovered in Pavia, Italy in 2002 among the collection of aminoglycoside-resistant isolates designated as SMAL type. This type was later called the Italian clone, then ST78. ST78 isolates are now widely distributed.
OBJECTIVES: To establish the resistance gene complement and the location and structure of acquired resistance regions in early members of the Italian/ST78 clone.
METHODS: The draft genome of SMAL2002 was assembled from Illumina MiSeq reads. Contigs containing resistance genes were joined and located in the chromosome using PCR with custom primers. The resistance profile was determined using disc diffusion.
RESULTS: SMAL2002 is an ST78A isolate and includes three aminoglycoside resistance genes, aadB (gentamicin, kanamycin, tobramycin) aphA1 (kanamycin, neomycin) and aac(6')-Ian (amikacin, kanamycin, tobramycin). The aadB gene cassette is incorporated at a secondary site in a relative of the aphA1-containing, IS26-bounded pseudo-compound transposon, PTn6020. The aac(6')-Ian gene is in an adjacent IS26-bounded structure that includes sul2 (sulphonamide) and floR (florfenicol) resistance genes. The two pseudo-compound transposons overlap and are in the chromosomal hutU gene flanked by an 8 bp target site duplication. Although aac(6')-Ian was not noticed previously, the same genes and structures were found in several available draft genomes of early ST78A isolates.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the importance of correlating resistance profiles with resistance gene content. The location of acquired resistance genes in the SMAL2002 chromosome represents the original location in the ST78A lineage of ST78.
OBJECTIVES: To establish the resistance gene complement and the location and structure of acquired resistance regions in early members of the Italian/ST78 clone.
METHODS: The draft genome of SMAL2002 was assembled from Illumina MiSeq reads. Contigs containing resistance genes were joined and located in the chromosome using PCR with custom primers. The resistance profile was determined using disc diffusion.
RESULTS: SMAL2002 is an ST78A isolate and includes three aminoglycoside resistance genes, aadB (gentamicin, kanamycin, tobramycin) aphA1 (kanamycin, neomycin) and aac(6')-Ian (amikacin, kanamycin, tobramycin). The aadB gene cassette is incorporated at a secondary site in a relative of the aphA1-containing, IS26-bounded pseudo-compound transposon, PTn6020. The aac(6')-Ian gene is in an adjacent IS26-bounded structure that includes sul2 (sulphonamide) and floR (florfenicol) resistance genes. The two pseudo-compound transposons overlap and are in the chromosomal hutU gene flanked by an 8 bp target site duplication. Although aac(6')-Ian was not noticed previously, the same genes and structures were found in several available draft genomes of early ST78A isolates.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the importance of correlating resistance profiles with resistance gene content. The location of acquired resistance genes in the SMAL2002 chromosome represents the original location in the ST78A lineage of ST78.
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