Re-evaluation of antibiotic and mercury resistance in Escherichia coli populations isolated in 1978 from Amazonian rubber tree tappers and Indians

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 407-411

  Nascimento, Andréa M A ^a   Campos, Claudia E P ^b   Campos, Evanil P ^b   Azevedo, João L ^c   Chartone Souza, Edmar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Antibiotic; Escherichia coli; Indians; Mercury; Phenotype stability; Plasmid; Resistance; Rubber tree tappers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KANAMYCIN; MERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032725801     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80076-X     Document Type: Article

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