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Table 3 Association between integron-positive and integron-negative E. coli isolates and the frequencies of tet genes

From: Interrelationship between tetracycline resistance determinants, phylogenetic group affiliation and carriage of class 1 integrons in commensal Escherichia coli isolates from cattle farms

tet genes

Class 1 integron presence

P value

intI1 positive

intI1 negative

tet(A)

26

21

P < 0.01

tet(B)

12

30

0.023

tet(C)

–

5

0.054

tet(G)

1

5

0.205

tet(A) + tet (B)

–

1

0.399

tet(A) + tet (C)

–

1

0.399

tet(B) + tet (G)

1

5

0.205

  1. Numbers indicated in italics indicate significance difference (P< 0.05)