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. 1989 Sep;33(9):1611–1613. doi: 10.1128/aac.33.9.1611

Plasmid-mediated Tet M in Haemophilus ducreyi.

M C Roberts 1
PMCID: PMC172712  PMID: 2817857

Abstract

A tetracycline-resistant Haemophilus ducreyi strain isolated in the United States was shown to carry a 34-megadalton plasmid which hybridized with the 1.8-kilobase KpnI-HindIII Tet M probe. The complete Tn916 transposon hybridized with five different bands from this plasmid, suggesting homology throughout the length of the transposon.

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