Genomic study of blaIMI-positive Enterobacter cloacae complex in Singapore over a five-year study period

• Main Authors: Octavia, Sophie, Koh, Tse Hsien, Ng, Oon Tek, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Lin, Raymond T. P., Teo, Jeanette W. P.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Enterobacter; Enterobacteriaceae
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147810
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The blaIMI gene is rarely detected outside the Enterobacter genus. Genomic characterization of 87 blaIMI-positive Enterobacter cloacae complex members revealed that the largest phylogenomic clade was made up of E. cloacae subsp. cloacae (71.3%), followed by the newly described species E. bugandensis...