Detection of blaNDM-1 in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from Brazilian soil

This study reports the presence of the blaNDM-1 gene in an isolate of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia obtained from a Brazilian soil, inside an IncA/C plasmid with ~ 45 Kb. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second report in the world and the first in Brazil of NDM-producing bacterium isolated from soil.

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Main Authors: Furlan,João Pedro Rueda, Pitondo-Silva,André, Stehling,Eliana Guedes
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2018
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018000600400
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