The emergence of metronidazole-resistant Prevotella bivia harboring nimK gene in Japan

ABSTRACT We present the identification and characterization of the complete genome of metronidazole (MTZ)-resistant Prevotella bivia strain TOH-2715 [minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC): 8 mg/L], isolated from the urine of an elderly Japanese woman, as well as details of its mobile genetic elemen...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Yukitaka Ito, Yusuke Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Naomi Kaneko, Mieko Yoshida, Haruo Nakayama, Haruyoshi Tomita
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2024-10-01
Subjects:	metronidazole nimK Prevotella bivia whole-genome sequencing (WGS) mobile genetic element (MGE)
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00562-24