Characterization of pKP1433, a novel KPC-2-encoding plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 340.
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Papagiannitsis CC, Miriagou V, Giakkoupi P, Tzouvelekis LS, Vatopoulos AC
Characterization of pKP1433, a novel KPC-2-encoding plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 340.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jul;57(7):3427-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00054-13. Epub 2013 Apr 29.
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The nucleotide sequence of pKP1433 (55,417 bp), a blaKPC-2-carrying plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 340, was determined. pKP1433 displayed extensive sequence and structural similarities with the IncN plasmids possessing the KPC-2-encoding Tn4401b isoform. However, the replication, partitioning, and stability of pKP1433 were determined by sequences related to diverse non-IncN plasmids.