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Title: Análisis filogenético de las betalactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEE) en enterobacterias
Author: Panera Martínez, Sarah
Tutor: Pizarro Tobías, Paloma
Others: Perez-Navarro, Antoni  
Abstract: The increasement in the rate of antibiotic-resistant bacteria represents an important challenge for the treatment of infectious diseases, both in human and veterinary medicine. ESBLs are enzymes directly related to resistance against ¿-lactam antibiotics. There are many types of these enzymes, but the most abundant groups are TEM, SHV and CTX-M families. This study aims to determine the phylogenetic relationship between different strains of Enterobacteriaceae based on different ESBLs. The analysis was made using a representative enzyme from each of the most important groups of ESBLs (TEM-12, SHV-5 and CTX-M-9). A comparative genomic study has been carried out relating these phylogenies with those obtained from the 16S rRNA gene. A gene location analysis was carried out in order to determine the distribution of this resistance genes. A total of 25 strains were analysed for TEM-12, 29 strains for SHV-5 and 44 strains for CTX-M-9, many of these sequences were in plasmids. Phylogenetic comparisons made with these enzymes do not show a clear pattern of evolutionary relationships. However, when comparing these phylogenetic trees with those obtained with the 16S rRNA gene, clear differences are observed. Those alterations represent mechanisms of horizontal gene transmission. In conclusion, all the analyses carried out in this study prove that these enzymes are encoded by a single transcriptional unit which is transferred through plasmid. This transmission is related to the environmental conditions where each bacterium can live and the type of infection that it produces.
Keywords: BLEE
antibiotic resistance
comparative genomics
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Issue Date: 25-Jan-2021
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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