Genetic Features of Antarctic Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain A154 Harboring Multiple Antibiotic-Resistance Genes

• Published in: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
• Main Authors: Andrés Opazo-Capurro, Paul G. Higgins, Julia Wille, Harald Seifert, Camila Cigarroa, Paulina González-Muñoz, Mario Quezada-Aguiluz, Mariana Domínguez-Yévenes, Helia Bello-Toledo, Luis Vergara, Gerardo González-Rocha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: antibiotic-resistance genes; Acinetobacter; Antarctica; whole-genome sequencing; resistance plasmid; ecotoxicology; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00328; https://doaj.org/article/1a1754041de74520915d334bb9714f20

While antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been detected in extreme environments, including Antarctica, to date there are no reports of Acinetobacter species isolated from this region. Here, we characterized by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) the genetic content of a single antibiotic-resistant Acinetob...