Integron-containing IncU R plasmids pRAS1 and pAr-32 from the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1285-1290

  Sørum, Henning ^a   L'Abée Lund, Trine M ^a   Solberg, Asta ^a   Wold, Anette ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUMEQUINE; OXOLINIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CATA2 GENE; DDFRA16 GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; INTEGRON; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID PAR 32; PLASMID PRAS1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; R PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONCORHYNCHUS; R FACTORS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0037378797     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1285-1290.2003     Document Type: Article

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