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. 1991 Nov;35(11):2453–2455. doi: 10.1128/aac.35.11.2453

Tetracycline resistance in Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis: demonstration of two clonal outbreaks by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

M C Roberts 1, Y J Pang 1, R C Spencer 1, T G Winstanley 1, B A Brown 1, R J Wallace Jr 1
PMCID: PMC245406  PMID: 1804026

Abstract

Two tetracycline-resistant (Tcr) Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis strains from England were compared with two previously characterized Tcr Texas strains. Both pairs carried the Tet B determinant, which was nontransferable. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of their genomic DNA restriction fragments demonstrated that the strains from the same area were identical (clonal); however, the Texas and English strains differed from each other.

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