Open AccessHorizontal Transfer of Erythromycin Resistance from Clostridium difficile to Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
Author(s) -
Patrizia Spigaglia,
Fabrizio Barbanti,
Paola Mastrantonio
Publication year - 2005
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.49.12.5142-5145.2005
Subject(s) - obligate anaerobe , clostridium difficile , erythromycin , microbiology and biotechnology , obligate , biology , pathogen , bioaugmentation , clostridium , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics , microorganism , ecology
This study demonstrates for the first time the in vitro transfer of the erythromycin resistance geneerm (B) between two obligate anaerobes, the human spore-forming pathogenClostridium difficile and the rumen commensalButyrivibrio fibrisolvens , suggesting that this event might occur also in the natural environment.