Surprisingly fast disappearance of β-lactam selection pressure in cultivation as detected with novel biosensing approaches

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-42

  Korpimäki, Teemu ^a   Kurittu, Jussi ^a   Karp, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Bioluminescence; Fermentation; Lusiferase; Lux operon; Plasmid; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SELECTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037400090     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00213-0     Document Type: Article

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