Chromosomal tet(O)-harboring regions in Campylobacter coli isolates from turkeys and swine.
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SUBMITTER: Crespo MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3497388 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
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Chromosomal tet(O)-harboring regions in Campylobacter coli isolates from turkeys and swine.
Crespo M D MD Olson J W JW Altermann E E Siletzky R M RM Kathariou S S
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120928 23
In turkey-derived Campylobacter coli isolates of a unique lineage (cluster II), the tetracycline resistance determinant tet(O) was chromosomal and was part of a gene cassette (transposon) interrupting a Campylobacter jejuni-associated putative citrate transporter gene. In contrast, the swine-derived C. coli strain 6461 harbored a chromosomal tet(O) in a different genomic location. ...[more]
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