Molecular analysis of a chromosome-carried erm(B) gene and its flanking insertion points in Lactobacillus johnsonii G41.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (CSIC), Carretera de Infiesto s/n, 33300-Villaviciosa, Spain.

Published: December 2006

An erm(B) gene carried on the Lactobacillus johnsonii G41 chromosome and the upstream and downstream regions were fully sequenced. Apparently, a 1,495-bp segment of pRE25 from Enterococcus faecalis carrying the erm(B) gene became inserted, by an unknown mechanism, into the L. johnsonii chromosome.

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