“…The MIC values of the recipient bacteria for tigecycline were increased 32- to 64-folds, and the tet (X4) gene was detected in these 21 transconjugants. Yang et al isolated 6 tet (X4)-positive strains from chicken and pork products in Hunan, and the tet (X4)-positive plasmids from all 6 strains were successfully transferred into a new host bacterium, E. coli C600 ( Yang et al, 2023 ).…”