Isolation of plasmids encoding tetracycline resistance from Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from simians

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1983 Feb;23(2):320-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.23.2.320.

Abstract

Fifteen isolates of tetracycline-resistant Campylobacter jejuni were recovered from stool samples of cynomologous monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) housed at the University of Washington Primate Research Center, Seattle. Resistance was associated with carriage of a 38-megadalton plasmid which was transmissible to other strains of C. jejuni but not to Escherichia coli. Seven isolates also contained a 2.6-megadalton plasmid which was phenotypically cryptic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Campylobacter / genetics*
  • Campylobacter fetus / drug effects
  • Campylobacter fetus / genetics*
  • Conjugation, Genetic
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • R Factors*
  • Tetracycline / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Tetracycline