The proliferation of antimicrobial-resistant microbes and resistance genes in various foods poses a serious hazard to public health. The plasmid-mediated tigecycline resistance gene tet(X4) has been detected in Enterobacterales from various niches but has not yet been reported in eggs. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and characteristics of tigecycline-resistant strains from retail eggs. A total of 144 eggs were purchased from farmers' markets in Guangdong province, China, and eggshell (n = 144) and egg content (n = 96) samples were used to screen for tigecycline-resistant strains. Eight Escherichia coli strains (two ST195, one ST48, ST8165, ST752, ST93, ST189, and ST224) and one Klebsiella pneumoniae strain (ST252) recovered from eight (5.56 %, 8/144) egg samples (eggshells, n = 6; egg content, n = 2) were positive for tet(X4). Notably, the two E. coli ST195 strains were closely (15-54 SNPs) related to all the tet(X4)-positive E. coli ST195 from various origins (food animals, foods, migratory birds, human, and environment) deposited in GenBank. The E. coli ST224 showed a close phylogenetic relationship (9-12 SNPs) with two tet(X4)-positive E. coli strains from chicken feces and retail chicken in Guangdong province. The hybrid plasmid IncFIA(HI1)-HI1A-HI1B(R27) constitutes the predominant tet(X4) vector both herein (7/9, 77.78 %) and in the GenBank database (32/160, 20 %). The tet(X4)-positive IncFIA(HI1)-HI1A-HI1B(R27) plasmids, sharing highly similar structures, have been widely disseminated across China. However, the IncFIA(HI1)-HI1A-HI1B(R27) plasmids exhibit poor stability and low conjugation frequency. The contamination of tet(X4)-positive bacteria internally and externally in retail eggs poses a prospective food safety threat. More attention should be paid to the spread of the tet(X4) gene via epidemic clone E. coli ST195 and the plasmid IncFIA(HI1)-HI1A-HI1B(R27).
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