Multidrug- and metal-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from Penaeus monodon of the coastal waters of deltaic Sundarban

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-189

  Choudhury, Papiya ^a   Kumar, Ranajit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Metal resistance; Periplasmic protein; Plasmid; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DRINKING WATER; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; SILVER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GILL; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METALS, HEAVY; PENAEIDAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MONODON; NEGIBACTERIA; PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 0031967089     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-2-186     Document Type: Article

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