Identification of Plasmid-Mediated Tigecycline-Resistant Gene tet (X4) in Enterobacter cloacae from Pigs in China

Authors :: Yiping Wu
Ruowen He
Mingyang Qin
Yanxian Yang
Jieyun Chen
Yu Feng
Xiaoxue Liang
Wenbin Deng
Xin Ding
Li-Na Qin
Kang Liao
Yongqiang Yang
Guo-Bao Tian
Source :: Microbiology Spectrum. 10
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2022.
Abstract: We identified two tet (X4)-positive E. cloacae isolates, which has not been previously reported. We obtained the complete sequence of pTECL_2-190k-tetX4 and found that it was a hybrid plasmid with multiple replicon types, including IncFIA, IncHI1A and IncHI1B.

Subjects :: Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
General Immunology and Microbiology
Ecology
Physiology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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