title: Identification of the tet(B) resistance gene in Streptococcus suis.
abstract: The tetracycline resistance gene, tet(B), has been described previously in gram negative bacteria. In this study tet(B) was detected in plasmid extracts from 17/111 (15%) Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs, representing the first report of this resistance gene in gram positive bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, 1333 Gortner Ave., College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA. chand062@umn.edu
authors.forename: Yogesh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chander
authors.forename: Simone R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Sagar M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002751:Chlortetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000235:genetics*; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002751:Chlortetracycline; D010118:Oxytetracycline