The identification of a tetracycline resistance genetet(M), on a Tn916-like transposon, in theBacillus cereusgroup
Open Access
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 214 (2) , 251-256
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11355.x
Abstract
In order to investigate whether resistance genes present in bacteria in manure could transfer to indigenous soil bacteria, resistant isolates belonging to the Bacillus cereus group (Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus thuringiensis) were isolated from farm soil (72 isolates) and manure (12 isolates) samples. These isolates were screened for tetracycline resistance genes (tet(K), tet(L), tet(M), tet(O), tet(S) and tet(T)). Of 88 isolates examined, three (3.4%) isolates carried both tet(M) and tet(L) genes, while four (4.5%) isolates carried the tet(L) gene. Eighty-one (92.1%) isolates did not contain any of the tested genes. All tet(M) positive isolates carried transposon Tn916 and could transfer this mobile DNA element to other Gram-positive bacteria.Keywords
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