Transfer of the pheromone-inducible plasmid pCF10 among Enterococcus faecalis microorganisms colonizing the intestine of mini-pigs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 187-193

  Licht, T R ^a   Laugesen, D ^a   Jensen, L B ^a   Jacobsen, B L ^a  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING;

PLASMID TRANSFER;

MICROORGANISMS;

PHEROMONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; R FACTOR; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; STREPTOMYCIN; SWINE, MINIATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036136679     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.1.187-193.2002     Document Type: Article

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