Isolation of plasmids encoding tetracycline resistance from Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from simians.
Fifteen isolates of tetracycline-resistant Campylobacter jejuni were recovered from stool samples of cynomologous monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) housed at the University of Washington Primate Research Center, Seattle. Resistance was associated with carriage of a 38-megadalton plasmid which was transmissible to other strains of C. jejuni but not to Escherichia coli. Seven isolates also contained a 2.6-megadalton plasmid which was phenotypically cryptic.
D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D011815:R Factors; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013752:Tetracycline