High-frequency transfer of a naturally occurring chromosomal tetracycline resistance element in the ruminal anaerobe Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3405-3411

  Scott, Karen P ^a   Barbosa, Teresa M ^a   Forbes, Kenneth J ^b   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; RUMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS;

EID: 0030772052     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3405-3411.1997     Document Type: Article

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