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. 1999 Jun;43(6):1523-4.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.6.1523.

Nomenclature for new tetracycline resistance determinants

S B Levy  1 , L M McMurry, T M Barbosa, V Burdett, P Courvalin, W Hillen, M C Roberts, J I Rood, D E Taylor
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Nomenclature for new tetracycline resistance determinants

S B Levy et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Jun.

Abstract

Letters of the English alphabet have heretofore been used to name tetracycline resistance determinants. Since all 26 letters have now been used, a nomenclature employing numerals is recommended for future determinants, and one laboratory has offered to coordinate the assignment of numerals.

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