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    Emergence and Characterization of Tigecycline Resistance Gene tet(X4) in ST609 Escherichia coli Isolates from Wastewater in Turkey
    (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2022) Kürekci, Cemil; Lu, Xiaoyu; Celil, Busra Gulay; Disli, Huseyin Burak; Mohsin, Mashkoor; Wang, Zhiqiang; Li, Ruichao
    Emergence of pathogens harboring tigecycline resistance genes incurs great concerns. Wastewater is recognized as the important reservoir of antimicrobial resistance genes. Here we characterized the phenotypes and genotypes of bacteria carrying tet(X4) from wastewater in Turkey for the first time. Four tet(X4)-positive Escherichia coli isolates were identified and characterized by PCR, Sanger sequencing, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, conjugation assays, Illumina sequencing, nanopore sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. Four tet(X4)-harboring isolates were multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and the tet(X4) gene was nontransferable in four isolates. Genetic analysis revealed that tet(X4) genes in four isolates were located on plasmids co-harboring two replicons IncFIA(HI1) and IncFIB(K). However, none of the four plasmids carried genes associated with horizontal transfer of plasmids. The coexistence of bla(SHV-12)-bearing IncX3-type plasmid and tet(X4)harboring plasmid was also found in one isolate. These findings indicate that continuous surveillance of the tet(X4)-bearing isolates in different environments worldwide should be strengthened. IMPORTANCE The emergence of tigecycline resistance genes in humans and animals in China seriously threatens the clinical utility of tigecycline, but the molecular epidemiology of tigecycline-resistant bacteria in other countries remained largely unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to learn the prevalence and molecular characteristics of bacteria carrying tigecycline resistance genes, particularly the mobilizable tet(X4), in other countries. In the study, we first described the presence and molecular characteristics of the tet(X4)-positive E. coli isolates from wastewater in Turkey. Four tet(X4)-bearing isolates belonged to ST609, an E. coli clone commonly found from humans, animals and the environment. These findings highlight the importance of monitoring the tet(X4) gene in different settings globally.
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    Molecular mechanisms and genomic basis of tigecycline-resistant Enterobacterales from swine slaughterhouses
    (Elsevier Gmbh, 2022) Peng, Kai; Wang, Qian; Li, Yan; Wang, Mianzhi; Kurekci, Cemil; Li, Ruichao; Wang, Zhiqiang
    The continuous emergence of tigecycline-resistant bacteria is undermining the effectiveness of clinical tigecy-cline. Environmental tigecycline-resistant bacteria have the potential to infect humans through human -environment interactions. Furthermore, the mechanisms of tigecycline resistance in Enterobacterales are complicated. In this study, we aimed to investigate the additional pathways of tigecycline resistance in envi-ronmental Enterobacterales besides tet(X) and tmexCD-toprJ. During the years 2019-2020, tigecycline-resistant Enterobacterales (n = 45) negative for tet(X) and tmexCD-toprJ were recovered from 328 different samples from two slaughterhouses. Five distinct bacteria species were identified, of which Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 37) was the most common, with K. pneumoniae ST45 and ST35 being the predominant clones. Tigecycline resistance determinants analysis showed that tet(A) mutations and ramR inactivation were the most prevalent mechanisms for tigecycline resistance in the 45 strains. Two known tet(A) variants (type 1 and tet(A)-v) and one novel tet(A) variant (type 3) were identified. Cloning experiments confirmed that the novel type 3 tet(A) could enhance the 4 -fold MIC for tigecycline. Inactivation of ramR was induced by either point mutations or indels of sequences, which could result in the overexpression of AcrAB pump genes leading to tigecycline resistance. In addition, all isolates were resistant to a wide range of antimicrobials and carried various resistance genes. These findings enriched the epidemiological and genomic characterizations of tigecycline-resistant Enterobacterales from slaughterhouses and contributed to a better understanding of the complex mechanisms of tigecycline resistance in environmental bacteria.