Volume 6, Number 1—February 2000
Dispatch
Integronlike Structures in Campylobacter spp. of Human and Animal Origin
Brigid Lucey*†, D. Crowley*, P. Moloney‡, B. Cryan†, M. Daly*, F. O'Halloran*, E.J. Threlfall§, and S. Fanning*
Table
Isolates of Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni from which gene cassettelike structures were amplified
| Isolate No. | Yeara | R-type | IP-profile | Isolate No. | Yeara | R-type | IP-profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campylobacter | jejuni | C. jejuni, cont’d | |||||
| CIT-H6 | 1997 | SpSuTm | I | CIT-H1 | 1996 | SpSuTm | VIII |
| CIT-H7 | 1996 | SpTm | I | CIT-P1 | 1997 | SpSuTm | IX |
| CIT-H8 | 1997 | ApSpTm | I | CIT-H2 | 1996 | SpSuTm | X |
| CIT-H9 | 1997 | SpTm | I | CIT-H3 | 1997 | SuTTm | XI |
| CIT-H10 | 1997 | Tm | I | CIT-H4 | 1996 | SpSuTm | XII |
| CIT-H12 | 1997 | NaSpTm | I | CIT-H5 | 1997 | SuTm | XIII |
| CIT-H14 | 1997 | SpTm | I | C. coli | |||
| CIT-H15 | 1996 | SpTm | I | CIT-P3 | 1996 | EGSSpSuTm | XIV |
| CIT-H16 | 1997 | SpTTm | I | CIT-V3 | 1998 | ESpTTm | XIV |
| CIT-H22 | 1996 | SpSuTm | I | CIT-V6 | 1998 | CCpENaSSpTTm | XIV |
| CIT-H25 | 1997 | SSpTm | I | CIT-V1 | 1998 | SpSuTm | XV |
| CIT-H26 | 1997 | ApSpTm | I | CIT-V4 | 1998 | SSpTTm | XVI |
| CIT-P4 | 1997 | TTm | I | CIT-V5 | 1998 | ESSuTTm | XVI |
| CIT-P5 | 1997 | SpSuTm | I | CIT-V2 | 1998 | ESSpSuTTm | XVI |
| CIT-H30 | 1997 | SuTTm | I | C. jejuni | |||
| CIT-H31 | 1996 | SpSuTm | I | CIT-H23 | 1996 | SpSuTm | XVII |
| CIT-P10 | 1997 | SpTm | I | CIT-H28 | 1997 | CtTm | XVIII |
| CIT-P13 | 1996 | NaTm | I | C. coli | |||
| CIT-P14 | 1996 | SuTTm | I | CIT-P2 | 1997 | SpSuTm | XIX |
| CIT-P15 | 1996 | SpSuTTm | I | C. jejuni | |||
| CIT-P16 | 1996 | ApSpSuTTm | I | CIT-H19 | 1997 | SpSuTm | XX |
| CIT-H29 | 1997 | SuTm | II | CIT-H17 | 1996 | ApCtENaSSpSuTTm XI | |
| CIT-P7 | 1997 | NaSuTm | II | CIT-H21 | 1997 | SpSuTm | XXI |
| CIT-P8 | 1997 | SpSuTm | II | CIT-H32 | 1996 | SSpSuTm | XXI |
| CIT-P9 | 1997 | / | II | CIT-H18 | 1997 | ApCtSSpSuTm | XXII |
| CIT-P6 | 1997 | SpSuTm | III | CIT-H20 | 1996 | ApSpTm | XXII |
| CIT-P11 | 1996 | NaSpTm | III | Control strainsb | |||
| CIT-P17 | 1997 | ESpSuTm | III | Escherichia coli | |||
| CIT-H11 | 1997 | ApSpSuTm | IV | [R100.1] | / | / | A |
| CIT-H13 | 1997 | ApCSpTm | IV | E. cola | |||
| CIT-P12 | 1996 | CtNaSpSuTTm | V | [R751] | / | / | B |
| CIT-H24 | 1997 | ApNaTm | VI | Salmonella Typhimurium | |||
| CIT-H27 | 1997 | NaSSpSuTm | VII | CIT-F 100 | 1998 | ACSSuT | C |
aYear of isolation.
bE. coli and Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium control strains. The former carried plasmids R100.1 and R752, respectively, provided by D. Sandvang (13). S. Typhimurium DT104 [CIT-F 100] was previously characterized by M. Daly et al. (14).
H, hospital isolate; P, poultry isolate; V, veterinary isolate; /, not available or not determined. Antimicrobial agents: Ap, ampicillin; C, chloramphenicol; Cp, ciprofloxacin; Ct, colistin; E, erythromycin; G, gentamicin; Na, nalidixic acid; S, streptomycin; Sp, spectinomycin; Su, sulphafurazole; T, tetracycline; Tm, trimethoprim.
