Spreading Ability of Tet(X)-Harboring Plasmid and Effect of Tetracyclines as a Selective Pressure
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DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2024.0115
Abstract: Tigecycline is a last-resort antimicrobial in humans. Tetracyclines are the most widely used antimicrobials in livestock. Mobile tigecycline resistance genes [tet(X)] are disseminated worldwide, and tetracycline use may have promoted the selection of tet(X) genes.… read more here.
Keywords: tetracycline; selective pressure; tet genes; tigecycline ... See more keywords
Genetic Characterization of the Tetracycline-Resistance Gene tet(X) Carried by Two Epilithonimonas Strains Isolated from Farmed Diseased Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss in Chile
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DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10091051
Abstract: The main objective of this study was to characterize the tet(X) genes, which encode a monooxygenase that catalyzes the degradation of tetracycline antibiotics, carried by the resistant strains FP105 and FP233-J200, using whole-genome sequencing analysis.… read more here.
Keywords: diseased rainbow; rainbow trout; trout oncorhynchus; gene ... See more keywords