Evidence for recent intergeneric transfer of a new tetracycline resistance gene, <i>tet</i> (W), isolated from <i>Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens</i> , and the occurrence of <i>tet</i> (O) in ruminal bacteria

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We have previously reported high-frequency transfer of tetracycline resistance between strains of the rumen anaerobic bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens. Donor strains were postulated to carry two TcR genes, one of which is transferred on a novel chromosomal element. It is shown here that coding sequences within the non-transmissible gene in B. fibrisolvens 1.230 are identical to those of the Streptococcus...

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