Transduction of antibiotic resistance markers among Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strains by temperate bacteriophages Aa∅23

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 904-910

  Willi, K ^a   Sandmeier, H ^a   Kulik, E M ^a   Meyer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Antibiotic resistance; Periodontitis; Temperate bacteriophage; Transduction

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; MITOMYCIN C; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PLASMID; PROPHAGE; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031451718     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050109     Document Type: Article

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