Diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) and identification of Tn916- and Tn5801-like (Tn6014) transposons in Staphylococcus aureus from humans and animals
Author(s) -
Lisbeth Elvira de Vries,
Henrik Christensen,
Robert Skov,
Frank M. Aarestrup,
Yvonne Agersø
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp214
Subject(s) - tetracycline , transposable element , staphylococcus aureus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genbank , multilocus sequence typing , typing , insertion sequence , gene , genetics , genotype , antibiotics , mutant , bacteria
To analyse the sequence diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) in Staphylococcus aureus from humans and animals and to determine mobile elements associated with tet(M) in S. aureus.
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