Distinctive human and swine strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Wien carry large self-transferable R-plasmids. A plasmid contains a class 1-qacEΔ1-sul1 integron with the dfrA1-aadA1a cassette configuration

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Soto, Sara M ^a   Martín, M Cruz ^a   Mendoza, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Integrons; PFGE; R genes; R plasmids; RAPD; Salmonella serotype Wien

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037300004     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(02)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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