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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Genomic Analysis of Doxycycline Resistance–Associated 16S rRNA Mutations in Treponema pallidum Subspecies pallidum

George S. Long, Mackenzie Neale, Thomas Braukmann, Vanessa Tran, Nishant Singh, Vanessa Allen, Muhammad Morshed, Jessica Minion, Paul Van Caeseele, Maud Vallée, Todd Hatchette, Samir N. Patel, Raymond S.W. Tsang, and Venkata R. Duvvuri

Author affiliation: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (G.S. Long, T. Braukmann, V. Tran, N. Singh, V. Allen, S.N. Patel, V.R. Duvvuri); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (M. Neale, R.S.W. Tsang); University of Toronto, Toronto (T. Braukmann, V. Tran, V. Allen, S.N. Patel, V.R. Duvvuri); Sinai Health and University Health Network, Toronto (V. Allen); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (M. Morshed); University of British Columbia, Vancouver (M. Morshed); Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (J. Minion); University of Saskatchewan, Regina (J. Minion); Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Winnipeg (P. Van Caeseele); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (P. Van Caeseele); Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada (M. Vallée); Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (T. Hatchette); York University, Toronto (V.R. Duvvuri)

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Conversion of key tetracycline-related mutations to 16S coordinates in Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in genomic analysis of doxycycline resistance–associated 16S rRNA mutations in T. pallidum subsp. pallidum*

TPA	Position	965	966	967	968	969	970	972	973	1055	1056	1057	1058	1059	1060	1061	1063	1063
	Nichols	C	G	A	T	G	A	T	A	C	T	G	C	A	T	G	G	C
	SS14	C	G	A	T	G	A	T	A	C	T	G	C	A	T	G	G	C
C. acnes	Position	935	936	937	938	939	940	941	942	1025	1026	1027	1028	1029	1030	1031	1032	1033
	WT	C	G	A	T	G	C	A	A	G	T	G	C	A	T	G	G*	C
	Hypothetical AMR strain	C	G	A	T	G	C	A	A	G	T	G	C	A	T	G	c	C
E. coli	Position	962	963	964	965	966	967	968	969	1051	1052	1053	1054	1055	1056	1057	1058	1059
	WT	C	G	A*	T	G	C	A	A	C	T	G*	C*	A*	T	G	G	C
	Hypothetical AMR strain	C	G	g	T	G	C	A	A	C	T	a	t	g	T	G	G	C
H. pylori	Position	927	928	929	930	931	932	933	934	1021	1022	1023	1024	1025	1026	1027	1028	1029
	WT	C	G	A	A*	G*	A*	T	A	C	T	G	C	A	C	G	G	C
	Hypothetical AMR strain	C	G	A	g	t	c	T	A	C	T	G	C	A	C	G	G	C

*Alignment of 16S genes from E. coli (U00096.1, 4166659–4168200), C. acnes (NR_040847.1, 1–1486), H. pylori (CP003904.1, 1512657–1511157), and TPA (Nichols lineage NC_021490.2:231255–232803 and SS14 lineage NC_021508.1:231297–232845). Columns in gray indicate sites related to tetracycline resistance whereas cells with an asterisk reveal the reference bacteria and nucleotide. Lowercase letters indicate a mutation in comparison to the WT sequence. The final coordinates reported in this dispatch are for the TPA 16S rRNA gene. Flanking sites are shown to give additional context. AMR, antimicrobial resistant; TPA, Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum; WT, wild-type.

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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

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Genomic Analysis of Doxycycline Resistance–Associated 16S rRNA Mutations in Treponema pallidum Subspecies pallidum

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