Research Article

The β-Lactamase Gene Profile and a Plasmid-Carrying Multiple Heavy Metal Resistance Genes of Enterobacter cloacae

Table 1

Bacteria and plasmids used in this study.

StrainRelevant characteristic(s)Reference or source

BL21E. coli BL21 was used as a host for the cloned blaMIR gene[14]
ATCC25922E. coli ATCC25922 is FDA clinical isolate[14]
CG34blaMIR-producing isolate of E. cloacae CG34This study
CG76blaMIR-producing isolate of E. cloacae CG76This study
CG85blaMIR-producing isolate of E. cloacae CG85This study
Y546blaMIR-producing isolate of E. cloacae Y546This study
Y482blaMIR-producing isolate of E. cloacae Y482This study
Y490blaMIR-producing isolate of E. cloacae Y490This study
pET28a/BL21BL21 carrying expression vector pET28a, kmrThis study
pET28a-blaMIR-CG34/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaMIR-CG34This study
pET28a-blaMIR-Y490/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaMIR-Y490This study
pET28a-blaMIR-CG76/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaMIR-CG76This study
pET28a-blaMIR-Y546/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaMIR-Y546This study
pET28a-blaMIR-CG85/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaMIR-CG85This study
pET28a-blaMIR-Y482/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaMIR-Y482This study
pET28a-blaCTX-M-9a-Y546/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaCTX-M-9a-Y546This study
pET28a-blaSHV-12-Y546/BL21BL21 carrying recombinant plasmid pET28a-blaSHV-12-Y546This study

km: kanamycin; r: resistant.