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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2006, p. 7377-7379, Vol. 72, No. 11
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00486-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Molecular Analysis of tet(W) Gene-Mediated Tetracycline Resistance in Dominant Intestinal Bifidobacterium Species from Healthy Humans{triangledown}

Ana Belén Flórez, Mohammed Salim Ammor, Pablo Álvarez-Martín, Abelardo Margolles, and Baltasar Mayo*

Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (CSIC), Carretera de Infiesto s/n, 33300-Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Received 28 February 2006/ Accepted 19 August 2006

tet(W) was found responsible for tetracycline resistance (MICs, 4 to ≥32 µg ml–1) in dominant bifidobacterial species from the gastrointestinal tracts of healthy humans. The gene from Bifidobacterium longum H66 proved to be identical over a 2.6-kbp region to the recently described tet(W) determinant of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (CSIC), Carretera de Infiesto s/n, 33300-Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain. Phone: 34 985 89 21 31. Fax: 34 985 89 22 33. E-mail: baltasar.mayo{at}ipla.csic.es.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 August 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2006, p. 7377-7379, Vol. 72, No. 11
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00486-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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