Genomic relationships between Enterococcus faecium strains from different sources and with different antibiotic resistance profiles evaluated by restriction endonuclease analysis of total chromosomal DNA using EcoRI and PvuII

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1777-1780

  Quednau, M ^a   Ahrné, Siv ^a,b   Molin, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHICKEN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032916070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1777-1780.1999     Document Type: Article

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