Efficient transfer of the pheromone-independent Enterococcus faecium plasmid pMG1 (Gm(r)) (65.1 Kilobases) to Enterococcus strains during broth mating

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4886-4892

  Ike, Yasuyoshi ^a   Tanimoto, Koichi ^a   Tomita, Haruyoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Kunio ^a   Fujimoto, Shuhei ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PHEROMONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031708314     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.18.4886-4892.1998     Document Type: Article

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