A New Integrative and Mobilizable Element Is a Major Contributor to Tetracycline Resistance in <i>Streptococcus dysgalactiae</i> subsp. <i>equisimilis</i>

• Main Authors: Guillem López de Egea (Author), Aida González-Díaz (Author), Gérard Guédon (Author), Julie Lao (Author), Dàmaris Berbel (Author), Antonio Casabella (Author), José María Marimón (Author), Emilia Cercenado (Author), Lucía Fernández-Delgado (Author), Hélène Chiapello (Author), Thomas Lacroix (Author), María Ángeles Domínguez (Author), Nathalie Leblond-Bourget (Author), Carmen Ardanuy (Author)
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• Publicado em: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Tetracycline resistance in streptococci is mainly due to ribosomal protection mediated by the <i>tet</i>(M) gene that is usually located in the integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) of the Tn<i>916</i>-family. In this study, we analyzed the genes involved in tetracyclin...