Tetracycline resistance in Peptostreptococcus species.
Of 15 Peptostreptococcus sp. strains isolated between 1975 and 1984, 13 hybridized with the Tet K, Tet M, or Tet O determinant. A donor Peptostreptococcus anaerobius strain carrying the three determinants could transfer Tet M to P. anaerobius and Fusobacterium nucleatum recipients but not to an Enterococcus faecalis recipient, while neither Tet K nor Tet O was transferred.
Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
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D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance / Q000235:genetics*