Genetics of 5-nitroimidazole resistance in Bacteroides species

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-69

  Reysset, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROIMIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTEROIDES; CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES;

EID: 0029946288     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0008     Document Type: Review

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