Abstract
This study demonstrates for the first time the in vitro transfer of the erythromycin resistance gene erm(B) between two obligate anaerobes, the human spore-forming pathogen Clostridium difficile and the rumen commensal Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, suggesting that this event might occur also in the natural environment.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
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Butyrivibrio / drug effects
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Butyrivibrio / genetics*
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Cattle
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Clostridioides difficile / drug effects
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Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
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Drug Resistance / genetics*
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Gene Transfer, Horizontal*
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Methyltransferases / genetics*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Rumen / microbiology
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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ErmTR protein, bacteria
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Methyltransferases