TABLE 3.
Geographic distribution of 22 Enterobacteriaceae isolates with proven or suspected 16S rRNA methyltransferase genes
| Organism (no. of isolates tested) | Country from which methyltransferase genes were isolated (no. of isolates identified)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| armA | rmtB | rmtD | Unknown | |
| E. coli (3) | Poland (1) | Brazil (1); United States (1) | ||
| E. cloacae (6) | Poland (1); United States (1) | Mexico (3) | Chile (1) | |
| K. pneumoniae (5) | France (1); United States (1) | Mexico (1) | Chile (1); Argentina (1) | |
| K. oxytoca (1) | Poland (1) | |||
| P. mirabilis (3) | Brazil (2) | Chile (1) | ||
| Serratia marcescens (3) | Poland (3) | |||
| Citrobacter freundii (1) | Brazil (1) | |||