Effects of halides on plasmid-mediated silver resistance in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5042-5045

  Gupta, Amit ^a   Maynes, Maria ^a,b   Silver, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORIDE; HALIDE; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031736714     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.5042-5045.1998     Document Type: Article

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