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. 1988 May;32(5):765–767. doi: 10.1128/aac.32.5.765

High-level tetracycline resistance resulting from TetM in strains of Neisseria spp., Kingella denitrificans, and Eikenella corrodens.

J S Knapp 1, S R Johnson 1, J M Zenilman 1, M C Roberts 1, S A Morse 1
PMCID: PMC172269  PMID: 3134850

Abstract

Similar to Neisseria gonorrhoeae, tetracycline-resistant isolates of N. meningitidis, Kingella denitrificans, and Eikenella corrodens contained 25.2-megadalton plasmids carrying the TetM determinant. In contrast, tetracycline-resistant N. subflava biovar perflava-N. sicca and N. mucosa isolates carried the TetM determinant in the chromosome.

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