Aliidiomarina shirensis as Possible Source of the Integron- and Plasmid-Mediated Fosfomycin Resistance Gene fosC2

Abstract

In-silico analysis and cloning experiments identified a fosC2- like fosfomycin resistance gene in the chromosome of Aliidiomarina shirensis , with our data suggesting that this bacterium might be added to the list of species identified as reservoirs of fos -like genes that were subsequently acquired by other Gram-negative species. Indeed, the fosC2 gene was identified as acquired in Providencia huaxinensis and Aeromonas hydrophila isolates, with this gene being located in class 1 integron structures in the latter cases.