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Identification of IMP-8-carrying Comamonas thiooxydans strains from a diarrheal sample: genomic insights into plasmid-borne carbapenemase in an environmental bacterium.
BMC genomics - 26 Jun 2026
Ma Luyao, Hu Tongxi, Huang Jinjuan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The proliferation of carbapenem-resistant bacteria, facilitated by carbapenemase enzymes, constitutes a significant public health threat. Although the metallo-β-lactamase gene blaIMP-8 has been identified in various bacterial species, its occurrence in Comamonas thiooxydans within the human intestinal tract is not well understood. METHODS: Three bacterial strains were isolated from an intestinal...
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- beta-Lactamases
- Plasmids
- Humans
- Bacterial Proteins
- Phylogeny
- Genomics
- Genome, Bacterial
