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. 2022 Sep 29;13:969769. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.969769

Table 1.

Global prevalence of different tet(X) genes in recent years.

Province/Country Years of samples Source (Reference or NCBI database) Sample sources Tet(X) types Localization of gene Plasmid types Sequence types Tet(X)-positive isolates ESBLs/mcr genes Bacterial strains
Sichuan 2018–2020 (Bai et al., 2019; Sun C. et al., 2019, 2020; Li et al., 2021a; Tang et al., 2021; Feng et al., 2022) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncQ1-IncY
IncX1
ST48, ST4541, ST9772, ST972, ST410, ST10, ST195, ST3696, ST25, ST196 27 cfr
mcr-1
bla TEM-1B
E. coli
Citrobacter freundii
(Li, 2020a; Lv H. et al., 2020; Sun et al., 2021b) Retail meat tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIA-IncHI1A-IncHI1B IncX1 ST4656, ST1788, ST871, ST48, ST1638, ST542, ST877, ST641, ST10, ST3858, ST195, ST515 31 blaNDM-5 blaSHV-12
blaCTX-M-55 blaCTX-M-14
E. coli
Guangdong 2016–2019 (He et al., 2019; Sun C. et al., 2019,Sun J. et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2020; Cheng et al., 2020; Cui et al., 2020; Sun et al., 2020; Zheng et al., 2020; Chen et al., 2021; Li et al., 2021a; Yu et al., 2021; Wu et al., 2022) Food animals tet(X/X2)
tet(X3)
tet(X4)
tet(X5)
tet(X6)
tet(X14)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncFIA-IncHI1A-IncHI1B ST4535, ST10, ST23, ST215, ST206, ST789, ST1196, ST2144, ST195, ST101, ST109, ST789, ST2064, ST980, ST355, ST542, ST8302 236 blaTEM-1B blaNDM-1
blaOXA-58
E. coli
Acinetobacter
Citrobacter freundii
Enterococcus faecalis
Enterobacter cloacae
(Chen et al., 2019a; Cui et al., 2020; Sun et al., 2020; Wang Y. et al., 2020; Zheng et al., 2020; Chen et al., 2021; Yu et al., 2021; Gao et al., 2022) Farm environment tet(X)
tet(X3)
tet(X4)
tet(X6)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncFIA-IncHI1A–IncHI1B ST645, ST10, ST37 28 bla SHV-81
bla SHV-110
Acinetobacter
E. coli
K. pneumoniae
Aeromonas cavive
(Chen et al., 2019b) Wild migratory birds tet(X4) Plasmid
Chromosome
F-:A18:B-
IncHI1
ST1196, ST6833, ST641 3 E. coli
(Chen et al., 2020; Wang Y. et al., 2020; Cui et al., 2022) Human tet(X3)
tet(X4)
Plasmid IncX1, IncFIA, IncHIA, IncHIB ST10, ST48, ST877, ST2144, ST101, ST515, ST542, ST871, ST4456, ST38, ST137, ST201, ST7176, ST10548, ST6984, ST46, ST1249, ST195, ST155, ST58, ST4014, ST7686, ST1114, ST7450, ST1684 51 mcr-5.2
blaNDM
blaOXA blaTEM
blaSHV blaCTX-M
E. coli
Acinetobacter
Jiangsu 2015–2020 (He et al., 2019; Sun J. et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2020; Peng et al., 2020; Li et al., 2020b; He T. et al., 2020; Li et al., 2020c; Yu et al., 2021; Cheng et al., 2021a; Li et al., 2021b) Food animals tet(X3)
tet(X4)
tet(X6)
tet(X15)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncHI1, IncFIB(K), IncX1, IncA/C2 ST3997, ST284, ST93, ST1286, ST155, ST327, ST1459, ST48, ST3944, ST10170, ST8302 137 blaCTX-M
cfr
blaNDM-1 blaTEM − 1B
E. coli
Acinetobacter
Proteus
Citrobacter freundii Providencia
(Li et al., 2020b; Yu et al., 2021) Farm environment tet(X4) Plasmid 21 E. coli
(Li et al., 2019) Aquatic animal tet(X2/3.2) Plasmid 1 Brevibacterium brevis
Shanghai 2015–2019 (Chen et al., 2020; Sun et al., 2020; Wang J. et al., 2020; Li et al., 2021a; Wang J. et al., 2021) Food animals tet(X)
tet(X3)
tet(X)
Plasmid IncFIA18-IncFIB(K)-IncX1
IncX1, IncQ
ST761, ST165, ST195, ST295, ST2144 41 bla OXA-58 E. coli
Acinetobacter
K. pneumoniae
(Wang J. et al., 2021) Farm environment tet(X) Chromosome 1 Proteus
Henan 2013–2019 (Sun C. et al., 2019, 2020; Li et al., 2020d; Li et al., 2021a) Food animals tet(X4)
tet(X6)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncX1
IncFIA-IncFIB(K)-IncX1
ST10, ST48, ST641, ST2345 11 mcr-1 E. coli
(He D. et al., 2020) Retail meat tet(X6) 1 Proteus
Hebei 2019 (Li et al., 2021a) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncX1, IncQ, IncFIA-IncHI1A-IncHI1B ST48, ST10, ST4156, ST195, ST6833, ST515, ST2064, ST58 16 E. coli
K. pneumoniae
2017 (Wang L. et al., 2019) Human tet(X5) Plasmid 1 Acinetobacter
Shandong 2017–2019 (Bai et al., 2019; He et al., 2019; Cui et al., 2020; Du et al., 2020; Liu et al., 2020; Li et al., 2021a; Yu et al., 2021) Food animals tet(X/X2)
tet(X3)
tet(X4)
tet(X6)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncFII, IncFIA-IncHI1B-IncHI1A ST761, ST746, ST101, ST10, ST847 83 bla TEM − 1B
bla CTX-M-55
Acinetobacter
Myroides sp.
E. coli
K. pneumoniae
Proteus
Zhejiang 2015–2019 (Chen et al., 2020; Zhang et al., 2020b; Li et al., 2021a; Cheng et al., 2021b; Zheng et al., 2022) Food animals tet(X2)
tet(X3)
tet(X4)
tet(X6)
tet(X5.2)
tet(X14)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncFIA-IncHI1B-IncHI1A IncFIA-IncHI1B-IncX1 ST10, ST773, ST1196, ST6883, ST641, ST515, ST767 100 bla OXA-58
bla NDM-1
Acinetobacter
Enterococcus faecalis Proteus
E. coli
(Cheng et al., 2021b) Farm environment tet(X2) 3 Myroides sp.
(He et al., 2019; Ruan et al., 2020; Zeng et al., 2021) Human tet(X4) Plasmid IncX1 ST773 33 mcr-1 bla CTX-M-14 E. coli
Jiangxi 2015–2018 (Sun J. et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X4)
tet(X3)
Plasmid
Chromosome
IncQ1 ST761, ST515, ST871, ST8302 37 mcr-1, blaCTX-M-14 E. coli
Acinetobacter
Hainan 2017–2018 (Chen et al., 2020; Cui et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X)
tet(X3)
Plasmid 43 bla NDM-1 Acinetobacter
Farm environment tet(X) Plasmid 5 bla OXA-58 Acinetobacter
Guangxi 2017–2020 (Sun J. et al., 2019; Cui et al., 2020; Feng et al., 2022) Food animals tet(X)
tet(X4)
Plasmid ST1196, ST10, ST1415, ST34, ST109, ST48, ST195, ST799, ST2223, ST1244, ST3888, ST6404, ST641, ST677, ST452, ST1250 97 Acinetobacter
E. coli
Fujian 2018 (Sun J.et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2020; Cui et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X)
tet(X4)
Plasmid ST8302, ST761, ST515, ST8338 26 Acinetobacter
Qinghai 2015–2018 (Chen et al., 2020) Wild migratory birds tet(X4) 5 Acinetobacter
Xinjiang 2017–2018 (Cui et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X) 8 bla NDM-1 Acinetobacter
Farm environment tet(X) 3 Acinetobacter
Liaoning 2018 (Cui et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X) 2 Acinetobacter
Farm environment tet(X) 3 Acinetobacter
Taiwan 2019–2020 (Hsieh et al., 2021; Wang et al., 2021a) Human
Environment
tet(X)
tet(X10)
Chromosome ST793, ST723 7
1
bla OXA-72 Acinetobacter
Amniculibacterium aquaticum
Shanxi 2018–2020 (Li et al., 2021a; Feng et al., 2022) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIA-IncHI1B-IncHI1A IncX1 ST641, ST58, ST515, ST2064, ST6833, ST10, ST48, ST4156 11 E. coli
Gansu 2019 (Li et al., 2021a) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncFII ST540 1 E. coli
Anhui 2019 (Li et al., 2021a) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIA-IncHI1B-IncHI1A IncFIA-IncFIB-IncX1 IncX1, IncFII ST877, ST2035, ST218 8 E. coli
Beijing 2018 (Zhai et al., 2022) Human tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIIK ST534 1 K. pneumoniae
(Sun et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIA-IncHI1B-IncHI1A ST744 1 E. coli
Shaanxi
Ningxia
2018–2020 (Sun et al., 2020; Feng et al., 2022) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid IncX1, IncN, IncR, IncY, IncFIA, IncFIB ST877, ST2035, ST10392, ST10, ST7366, ST890, ST3580, ST442, ST278, ST4429, ST1602, ST746, ST48, ST189, ST8504, ST1437, ST7604 7,346 E. coli
Guizhou 2018 (Sun et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X4) Plasmid ST48, ST202, ST542, ST206, ST890 1 E. coli
Hunan 2015–2018 (Chen et al., 2020) Food animals tet(X3) Plasmid 14 Acinetobacter
Vietnam 2021 (Dao et al., 2022) River tet(X4) Chromosome 1 bla OXA-48 Shewanella Xiamen
Sierra Leone 2010–2011 (Leski et al., 2013) Human tet(X) 11 Enterobacter cloacae E. coli
K. pneumoniae
Pseudomonas
Delftia acidovorans
Comamonas testosteroni
Singapore 2018 (Ding et al., 2020) Human tet(X4) Plasmid IncI1 ST73 2 mcr-1 E. coli
Japan 2012 (Usui et al., 2021) Food animals tet(X6) Plasmid IncW 1 E. coli
Chile 2010–2021 (Concha et al., 2021; Wang et al., 2021a) Aquatic animals tet(X)
tet(X10)
3 Epilithonimonas
Chryseobacterium sp.
Pakistan 2018–2019 (Mohsin et al., 2021; Li et al., 2022) Food animals
Farm environment
Human
tet(X4)
tet(X7)
Plasmid IncFII, IncQ ST6726, ST694, ST4388、ST224 41
1
mcr-1 E. coli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
United Kingdom 1966–2020 (Martelli et al., 2022) Food animals
Human
Rainbow trout
tet(X4)
tet(X12)
tet(X4)
tet(X7)
tet(X6)
Plasmid


IncX1-IncY


ST1140


1
1
5
2
2
E. coli
Riemerella anatipestifer
Salmonella
Shigella soneii
Enterobacter hormaechei
Salmonella Typhimurium
Chryseobacterium sp.
Norway (Marathe et al., 2021) Wastewater treatment plants tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIA/FIB ST167 1 bla CTX-M-14 E. coli
Belgium 2007–2017 LDIS01000001.1
SELG01000025.1
Food animals
Musca domestica
tet(X10)


1
1

Arcobacter thereius
Apibacter muscae
South Africa 2013 MKSZ01000121.1 Thiocyanate stock biobioreactor tet(X10) 1 Bacteroidales bacterium
United States of America 2010–2018 (Wang et al., 2021a) Human
Environment
tet(X10)
tet(X7)
tet(X10)






47
1
2


Bacteroides sp.
E. coli
Chryseobacterium sp.
Bacteroides sp.
Australia 2018 VSOP01000024.1 Mus musculus tet(X10) 1 Alistipes sp.
Ireland 2017 VLSQ01000048.1
VLSR01000042.1
SMTB01000142.1
Environment
Food animals
tet(X3)
tet(X6)



2
1

Acinetobacter sp.
Bolivia 2016 PQTA01000018.1 Human tet(X7) 1 E. coli
Turkey 2021 (Kürekci et al., 2022) Wastewater tet(X4) Plasmid IncFIA-IncHI1-IncFIB(K) ST609 2 bla SHV-12 E. coli