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Genetic basis of tetracycline resistance in Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 34 ·No. 9 ·1990-09-00 ·Pages 1816-8

Roberts MC, Brown BA, Steingrube VA, Wallace RJ

Abstract

Two-high-level-tetracycline-resistance Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis strains were shown to carry DNA sequences which hybridized with the Tet B probe. The determinant appeared to be located in the chromosome and was nontransferable.

Related Genes
Tet B
MeSH Terms
Blotting, Southern Conjugation, Genetic DNA Probes DNA, Bacterial/genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial Moraxella catarrhalis/genetics Nucleic Acid Hybridization Tetracycline Resistance/genetics Transfection
Chemicals
DNA Probes DNA, Bacterial
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Roberts M C
Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Brown B A
Steingrube V A
Wallace R J
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.34.9.1816
Published
1990-09-00
Pages
1816-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC171936
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI24136 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.34.9.1816 PMC Full Text View journal details
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