Open AccessCharacterization of tet (32) Genes from the Oral Metagenome
Author(s) -
Philip Warburton,
Adam P. Roberts,
Elaine Allan,
Lorna A. Seville,
Holli Lancaster,
Peter Mullany
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00788-08
Subject(s) - metagenomics , clostridium difficile , biology , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , mobile genetic elements , clostridium , oral cavity , genetics , computational biology , bacteria , plasmid , antibiotics , medicine , orthodontics
tet (32) was identified in three bacterial isolates and in metagenomic DNA from the human oral cavity. The regions immediately flanking the gene were found to have similarities to the mobile elements TnB1230 fromButyrivibrio fibrisolvens , ATE-3 fromArcanobacterium pyogenes , and CTn5 fromClostridium difficile .