mdt(A)

Validation StatusEstablished

Overview

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Mdt(A), a new efflux protein conferring multiple antibiotic resistance in Lactococcus lactis and Escherichia coli.

Gene Name: mdt(A)
Allele: mdt(A)
Source Database: ResFinder Database
Mechanism: Increased efflux
Confers Resistance To: AZITHROMYCINERYTHROMYCINTETRACYCLINE
Organisms Tested In: • Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis K214
Sequence Accession: X92946
Notes: Mdt(A) spectrum specificity includes also Spiramycin, Lincomycin, Clindamycin, Quinupristin+Dalfopristin, Doxycycline and Minocycline but with species-specific differences. No resistance phenotype observed in laboratory strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis

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