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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Detection and characterization of tet(M) in tetracycline-resistant Listeria strains from human and food-processing origins in Belgium and France
Journal of Medical Microbiology, Volume 54, No. 12, Year 2005
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In the present study, three Listeria monocytogenes strains and one Listeria innocua strain out of a collection of 241 Listeria isolates from human and food-processing sources were found to display resistance to tetracycline (TC) due to the presence of the tet(M) gene. Through sequence analysis, it was shown that tet(M) genes in two of the isolates belong to sequence homology group (SHG) II, a group comprising chromosomally encoded tet(M) genes previously found in Staphylococcus aureus and in lactobacilli. The tet(M) genes of the two other L. monocytogenes strains were associated with a member of the Tn916-Tn1545 family of conjugative transposons and were closely related to SHG III, which harbours enterococcal tet(M) genes associated with Tn916. One of these transposon-containing strains was able to transfer the tet(M) gene to Enterococcus faecalis recipient strain JH2-2. Collectively, these sequence and conjugation data indicate that the acquisition of tet(M) by Listeria strains may be triggered by successive transfers between other Gram-positive organisms. © 2005 SGM.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bertrand, Sophie
Belgium, Brussels
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels
Huys, Geert R.B.
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Yde, Marc V.
Belgium, Brussels
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels
D'Haene, Klaas
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Tardy, Florence
France, Maisons-alfort
Afssa Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire Des Aliments
Vrints, Martine
Belgium, Brussels
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels
Swings, Jean Guy
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Collard, Jean Marc
Belgium, Brussels
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels
Statistics
Citations: 53
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/jmm.0.46142-0
ISSN:
00222615
Research Areas
Food Security
Genetics And Genomics