Research Article

Resistance of Permafrost and Modern Acinetobacter lwoffii Strains to Heavy Metals and Arsenic Revealed by Genome Analysis

Table 3

Heavy metal resistance operons identified in permafrost strains of A. lwoffii.

OperonOperon genesPlasmidClosest relative (AC)Nucleotide sequence identity (%)

mermerR, T, P, C, A, D, E, (B)pALWED1.1
pALWED2.1
pALWED3.1
A. lwoffii, pKLH202 (AJ486857)99%

arstrxB, arsH, B, C, R, CpALWED2.1
pALWED3.1
A. johnsonii XBB1 (CP010350)78%

copcopD, C, F1, S, R, A, BpALWED2.1
pALWED3.1
pALWVS1.1
pALWEK1.1
A. baumannii AB0057 (CP001182)76%

czc1czcC, B, A, DpALWVS1.1
pALWEK1.1
A. guillouiae NBRC 110550 (AP014630)74%

czc2czcC, B, A, D, rcnR, nreBpALWED1.1A. johnsonii XBB1 (CP010350)82%

czc3czcC, B, A, DpALWED3.1Moraxella osloensis CCUG 350 (CP014234)97%

chr1chrA-chrBpALWED1.3
pALWED3.5
pALWEK1.5
A. sp M131, pM131-6 (JX101643)99%

chr2chrA-chrBpALWED1.1A. sp M131, pM131-6 (JX101643)71%

merB gene is present only in the plasmid pALWED1.1.