Identification and cloning of a tetracycline resistance gene from the fish pathogen Vibrio salmonicida.

• Main Authors: Sørum, H, Roberts, M C, Crosa, J H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Research Article; Bali; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC190565; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1622171

Vibrio salmonicida is the causative agent of cold-water vibriosis in farmed Atlantic salmon. We cloned a 6.9-kb PstI fragment from the 170-MDa plasmid (pRVS1) containing a tetracycline resistance determinant. A subcloned 1.96-kb HindIII fragment was found to mediate the tetracycline resistance. The...