vanA gene cluster in a Vancomycin-resistant clinical isolate of Bacillus circulans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2055-2059

  Ligozzi, Marco ^a   Lo Cascio, Giuliana ^a   Fontana, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031927586     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.8.2055     Document Type: Article

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