Table 3.

Strains harboring traI gene belonging to the MOBH₁₂ clade in the MOB_H family on the basis of a PCR screening.

Strain ID	Species	Origin	Isolation date	TC resistance	tet(M)	traI*	References
04Ya001	Vibrio splendidus	Sediment	Apr 26/2004	Yes	+	+	Nonaka et al., 2007; Neela et al., 2009
04Ya007	Shewanella fidelis	Sediment	Apr 26/2004	Yes	+	+	This study
04Ya016	Vibrio splendidus	Sediment	Apr 26/2004	Yes	+	+	Nonaka et al., 2007; Neela et al., 2009
04Ya090	Vibrio splendidus	Sediment	May 21/2004	Yes	+	+	Nonaka et al., 2007; Neela et al., 2009
04Ya108	Vibrio ponticus	Sediment	May 21/2004	Yes	+	−	Nonaka et al., 2007; Neela et al., 2009
04Ya265	Photobacterium aphoticum	Sediment	Sep 24/2004	Yes	+	+	This study
04Ya311	Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae	Seawater	Sep 24/2004	Yes	+	+	Nonaka et al., 2007, 2012; Neela et al., 2009
W3110	E. coli	Laboratory strain	–	No	−	−	Paigen, 1966
W3110Rifr	E. coli	Laboratory strain	–	No	−	−	Nonaka et al., 2012

^*Using degenerate primers MOBH1_traI062-1F and MOBH1_traI062-2R in Table 1.