Characterization of the antiseptic-resistance gene qacEΔ1 isolated from clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae non-O1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-384

  Kazama, Hitoshi ^a   Hamashima, Hajime ^a   Sasatsu, Masanori ^a   Arai, Taketoshi ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiseptic resistance; Efflux; Integron; qac; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CETRIMIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DYE; ETHACRIDINE LACTATE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; PRENYLAMINE; PYRONINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; VERAPAMIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHOLERA; COLORING AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032942472     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00167-6     Document Type: Article

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