Vancomycin resistance factor of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in relation to enterococcal vancomycin resistance (van) genes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-204

  Tynkkynen, Soile ^a   Singh, Kavindra V ^b   Varmanen, Pekka ^a  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus GG; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Probiotic; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POWDER; R FACTOR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN;

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

EID: 0032537538     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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