TABLE 1.

Identification to the species level and characterization of 22 erythromycin-resistant AG strains

Species	No. of strainsa with:				Total
	erm(B)	erm(TR)	mef(A)-mef(E)	No resistance gene
S. anginosus	10b	2c	2d	2c	16
S. constellatus	4b			1b	5
S. intermedius	1b				1
Total	15	2	2	3	22

^aIn none of the strains was erm(A) or erm(C) detected. 

^bMLS_Bc phenotype. 

^cMLS_Bi phenotype. 

^dM phenotype.