Occurrence of the new tetracycline resistance gene tet(W) in bacteria fromthe human gut

Authors
Scott, KP Melville, CM Barbosa, TM Flint, HJ
Citation
Kp. Scott et al., Occurrence of the new tetracycline resistance gene tet(W) in bacteria fromthe human gut, ANTIM AG CH, 44(3), 2000, pp. 775-777
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
ISSN journal
00664804 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
775 - 777
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(200003)44:3<775:OOTNTR>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Members of our group recently identified a new tetracycline resistance gene , tet(W), in three genera of rumen obligate anaerobes. Here, we show that t et(W) is also present in bacteria isolated from human feces. The tet(W) gen es found in human Fusobacterium prausnitzii and Bifidobacterium longum isol ates were more than 99.9% identical to those from a rumen isolate of Butyri vibrio fibrisolvens.