Molecular Analysis of tet (W) Gene-Mediated Tetracycline Resistance in Dominant Intestinal Bifidobacterium Species from Healthy Humans
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 72 (11), 7377-7379
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00486-06
Abstract
tet (W) was found responsible for tetracycline resistance (MICs, 4 to ≥32 μg ml −1 ) in dominant bifidobacterial species from the gastrointestinal tracts of healthy humans. The gene from Bifidobacterium longum H66 proved to be identical over a 2.6-kbp region to the recently described tet (W) determinant of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens .Keywords
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