Distribution of tetracycline resistance genes and transposons among phylloplane bacteria in Michigan apple orchards

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4898-4907

  Schnabel, Elise L ^a   Jones, Alan L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTETRACYCLINE; PERMEASE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APPLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032748069     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4898-4907.1999     Document Type: Article

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