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. 2001 Feb;67(2):561–568. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.2.561-568.2001

TABLE 4.

Bacteroides ermB sequence comparisons to C. perfringens erm(B)-P

Strain Source Change at nucleotide positiona:
A433 C450 C522
Bov7991b Clinical, WAL
WH202c Community, Woods Hole, 1997
WH207 Community, Woods Hole, 1997 G
BF8371 Clinical, WAL G
DH3760 Clinical, Loyola C G
WH714 Community (sewage), Woods Hole, 1997 C G T
a

The 639-bp PCR-amplified ermB product from each of the Bacteroides strains was sequenced and compared to the ermB [erm(B)-P] of C. perfringens (accession no. X58285). Only the differences are indicated. 

b

A Bacteroides ovatus strain that contains both ermB and ermG sequences. 

c

A 1997 Woods Hole isolate that is phenotypically sensitive to erythromycin.