Potential Role of Veillonella spp. as a Reservoir of Transferable Tetracycline Resistance in the Oral Cavity
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 50 (8) , 2866-2868
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00217-06
Abstract
Twelve out of 96 Veillonella spp. isolated from oral samples harbored tetracycline resistance genes. The most common resistance gene was tet (M). A tet (M)-positive Veillonella dispar strain was shown to transfer a Tn 916 -like element to four Streptococcus spp. by conjugation at a frequency of 5.2 × 10 −6 to 4.5 × 10 −5 per recipient.Keywords
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