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Table 2 An overview of tetracycline-resistance elements from the guts of G. mellonella

From: Oxytetracycline reduces the diversity of tetracycline-resistance genes in the Galleria mellonella gut microbiome

 

Tetracycline-resistance gene isolated from G. mellonella guts

Generation

1

2

3

4

5

Oxytetracycline dose

0

tetB, tetC

tetB, tetC

tetB, tetC, tet30

tetB, tetD

tetb, tetD, tetL

1 mg/100 g

tetB

tetB, tetD

tetB, tetD

tetB, tetD

tetB, tetD

10 mg/100 g

tetB, tetD

tetB, tetD

tetB, tet30

100 mg/100 g

tetB

Degraded gDNA

No tet genes

400 mg/100 g

tetD

No tet genes

No tet genes

  1. There were no samples available to assess for groups of larvae with high mortality (−). For the third generation of larvae feeding on 100 mg/100 g food we were able to collect the gut sample, but only degraded DNA was present, probably due to shearing