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Comparative Study
. 2013;14(3):299-305.
doi: 10.4142/jvs.2013.14.3.299. Epub 2013 Jun 30.

Dissimilarity of ccrAB gene sequences between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among bovine isolates in Korea

Young Kyung Park  1 , Young Hwan Paik, Jang Won Yoon, Lawrence K Fox, Sun Young Hwang, Yong Ho Park
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Comparative Study

Dissimilarity of ccrAB gene sequences between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among bovine isolates in Korea

Young Kyung Park et al. J Vet Sci. 2013.

Abstract

The sequences of the ccrAB genes from bovine-, canine- and chicken-originating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (S.) epidermidis (MRSE) and bovine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (S.) aureus (MRSA) were compared to investigate the frequency of intra-species horizontal transfer of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) complex. Nineteen MRSE strains were isolated from bovine milk, chickens, and dogs, and their genetic characteristics were investigated by multilocus sequence typing and SCCmec typing. Among the animal MRSE strains, the most frequent SCCmec type was type IV, which consisted of the type B mec complex and ccrAB type 2. The ccrA2 and ccrB2 genes were sequenced from the bovine, chicken and canine MRSE strains and compared with those of the bovine MRSA strains. The sequences generally clustered as MRSA and MRSE groups, regardless of the animal source. Additionally, no bovine MRSE sequence was associated with the bovine MRSA groups. Although most of the bovine MRSE and MRSA isolates possessed SCCmec type IV sequences, our results suggest that the intra-species gene transfer of the SCCmec complex between bovine S. aureus and bovine S. epidermidis strains is not a frequent event.

Keywords: SCCmec; ccrAB; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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Parsimony trees showing phylogenetic relationships among the ccrA2 (A) and ccrB2 (B) genes in MRSE and MRSA isolated from animal sources. Sequences from Staphylococcus (S.) aureus ccrA3 (A; GenBank accession no. AB037671) and S. aureus ccrB3 (B; GenBank accession no. AB037671) were used as outgroups.
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