Tigecycline resistance tet(X3) gene is going wild

• Main Authors: Jian Cao (Author), Jun Wang (Author), Yanan Wang (Author), Liang Wang (Author), Yuhai Bi (Author), Baoli Zhu (Author), George Fu Gao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The emergence of mobile Tigecycline-resistant tet(X3) and tet(X4) is believed to be a global threat to public health. Here, we investigated the prevalence of tet(X3) and tet(X4) in our metagenomic data of migratory birds. While tet(X4) was not identified in our samples, tet(X3) was found in two gut...