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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2751-2754, Vol. 73, No. 8
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02459-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Tetracycline Resistance Mediated by tet(W), tet(M), and tet(O) Genes of Bifidobacterium Isolates from Humans{triangledown}

J. Aires,* F. Doucet-Populaire, and M. J. Butel

Laboratory of Microbiology, EA 4065, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Received 20 October 2006/ Accepted 7 February 2007

MICs of tetracyclines were determined for 86 human Bifidobacterium isolates and three environmental strains. The tet(O) gene was found to be absent in these isolates. tet(W) and tet(M) were found in 26 and 7%, respectively, of the Bifidobacterium isolates, and one isolate contained both genes. Chromosomal DNA hybridization showed that there was one chromosomal copy of tet(W) and/or tet(M).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: EA 4065, Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Paris Descartes, 4 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France. Phone: 33 1 53 73 99 15. Fax: 33 1 53 73 99 23. E-mail: julio.aires{at}univ-paris5.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 16 February 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2751-2754, Vol. 73, No. 8
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02459-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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