Transferable erythromycin resistance in Listeria spp. isolated from food

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 269-270

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^b   Giovanetti, Eleonora ^b   Varaldo, Pietro E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE TRANSFER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030063304     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.269-270.1996     Document Type: Article

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