Host range of the conjugative 25.2-megadalton tetracycline resistance plasmid from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and related species
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 32 (4), 488-491
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.32.4.488
Abstract
High-level tetracycline resistance in strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, Kingella denitrificans, and Eikenella corrodens has recently been described. The resistance in each species is due to the acquisition of 25.2-megadalton conjugative plasmids that carry the tetracycline resistance determinant TetM. We examined the ability of commensal Neisseria species to serve as recipients in conjugation for these new plasmids. Most of the recipients (n = 21) tested had detectable conjugation frequencies (greater than 10(-9] with one or more of the donor strains. Transfer was not detected in Branhamella catarrhalis. Transconjugants were able to maintain the plasmids and act as donors in subsequent matings.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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