Mycobacterium abscessus Tetracycline-Modifying Monooxygenase MAB_1496c Appears Not to Be Sufficient to Cause Resistance to Tetracycline When Expressed in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Aug 31;10(4):e0234622. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02346-22. Epub 2022 Jul 27.

Authors

Noga Naor¹, Erez Zarbib², Daniel Barkan¹

Affiliations

¹ Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalemgrid.9619.7, Rehovot, Israel.
² Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium abscessus; antibiotic resistance; drug resistance mechanisms; mycobacteria; tetracycline.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mixed Function Oxygenases
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous*
Mycobacterium abscessus*
Mycobacterium smegmatis / genetics
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Tetracyclines

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Tetracyclines
Mixed Function Oxygenases