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nimF

nitroimidazole reductase

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Validation StatusConfirmed2+ DBs

Overview

Mechanism: Enzymatic inactivation
Drug Classes: Metronidazole, Nitroimidazole antibiotic
Organisms: Phocaeicola vulgatus
Papers: 1
Databases: Card DatabaseResFinder Database

Papers1

1

Inducible metronidazole resistance and nim genes in clinical Bacteroides fragilis group isolates.

Research Article

PMID 15728943 · 2005

Gene Information

Gene Name: nimF
Allele: nimF
Source Database: ResFinder Database
Mechanism: Enzymatic inactivation
Confers Resistance To: METRONIDAZOLE
Organisms Tested In: • Phocaeicola vulgatus
Sequence Accession: AJ515145
Notes: likely also resistance to tinidazole, nimorazole, dimetridazole, 6-Amino PA824, ornidazole, megazol, azanidazole

2

Gene Information

Gene Name: nimF
Allele: nimF
Encodes: nitroimidazole reductase
Source Database: Card Database
Mechanism: antibiotic inactivation
Confers Resistance To: NITROIMIDAZOLE ANTIBIOTIC
Organisms Tested In: • Phocaeicola vulgatus
Sequence Accession: AJ515145.1
Protein Accession: CAD56147.1
Notes: ARO:3007108

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