Isolation and characterization of a plasmid from Lactobacillus fermentum conferring erythromycin resistance

Plasmid

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-203

  Fons, Michel ^a   Hégé, Timothée ^a   Ladiré, Monique ^a   Raibaud, Pierre ^a   Ducluzeau, Robert ^a   Maguin, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEGREGATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REPLICON;

EID: 0031149403     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1290     Document Type: Article

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