title: Characterization of the Tet M determinants in urogenital and respiratory bacteria.
abstract: Tetracycline-resistant Fusobacterium nucleatum, Haemophilus ducreyi, Mycoplasma hominis, Peptostreptococcus spp., Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Veillonella parvula had DNA sequences which showed homology throughout the length of the Tet M transposon, Tn916. In contrast, Gardnerella vaginalis, commensal Neisseria spp., and the 25.2-megadalton plasmid family lacked the complete transposon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000502:physiology*; D016124:Eikenella corrodens / Q000235:genetics; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000235:genetics; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000235:genetics; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000235:genetics; D006191:Haemophilus ducreyi / Q000235:genetics; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics; D009343:Neisseria / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000235:genetics; D014678:Veillonella
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements