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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2001, p. 2943-2946, Vol. 45, No. 10
Department of Microbiology, Eastman Dental
Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences,1
and Eastman Dental Hospital,2 University
College London, London WC1X 8LD, United Kingdom
Received 22 January 2001/Returned for modification 28 March
2001/Accepted 16 July 2001
Microcosm dental plaques were grown from an inoculum of human
saliva in a constant-depth film fermentor. The inoculum
contained four tetracycline-resistant streptococcal species, each of
which contained a Tn916-like element. This element was
shown to transfer to other streptococci both in filter-mating
experiments and within the biofilms in the fermentor.
0066-4804/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.10.2943-2946.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Transfer of Tn916-Like Elements in
Microcosm Dental Plaques
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Microbiology, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray's Inn Rd., London WC1X 8LD, United
Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0) 20 7915 1050. Fax: 44 (0) 20 7915 1127. E-mail:
aroberts{at}eastman.ucl.ac.uk.
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