Brachyspira (Serpulina) hyodysenteriae gyrB Mutants and Interstrain Transfer of Coumermycin A1 Resistance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2037-2043

  Stanton, Thaddeus B ^a,c   Matson, Eric G ^b   Humphrey, Samuel B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; COUMAMYCIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ENZYME INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOCOUMARINS; COUMARINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERPULINA HYODYSENTERIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035344651     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2037-2043.2001     Document Type: Article

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