Genetic linkage of the vanB2 gene cluster to Tn5382 in vancomycin-resistant enterococci and characterization of two novel insertion sequences

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1469-1479

  Dahl, Kristin H ^a   Lundblad, Eirik W ^a   Røkenes, Torunn P ^a   Olsvik, Ørjan ^a,b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Institute for Gene Ecology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Insertion element; Tn5382; vanB

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034048158     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1469     Document Type: Article

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