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. 2021 Nov 18;7(11):000696. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000696

Table 5.

Summary of resistance determinants for tetracyclines

Gene

Clade distribution [N (%)]

Overall

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

Cryptic

tetM

457 (6.8%)

128 (6.6%)

0 (0.0%)

402 (72.2%)

460 (54.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1447 (14.0%)

 Tn916

146 (2.2%)

25 (1.3%)

0 (0.0%)

95 (17.1%)

298 (35.2%)

0 (0.0%)

564 (5.5%)

 Tn5397

215 (3.2%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.2%)

8 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

225 (2.2%)

 Tn6190

7 (0.1%)

2 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

297 (53.3%)

150 (17.7%)

0 (0.0%)

456 (4.4%)

 Tn6944

52 (0.8%)

97 (5.0%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (1.1%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

156 (1.5%)

 Unknown

37 (0.6%)

3 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (0.5%)

3 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

46 (0.4%)

tet44

2 (<0.1 %)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

123 (14.5%)

0 (0.0%)

125 (1.2%)

 Tn6164

2 (<0.1 %)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

123 (14.5%)

0 (0.0%)

125 (1.2%)

Other tet genes

129 (1.9%)

12 (0.6%)

2 (0.8%)

14 (2.5%)

336 (39.7%)

0 (0.0%)

493 (4.8%)