Distribution and diversity of a cadmium resistance (cadA) determinant and occurrence of IS257 insertion sequences in Staphylococcal bacteria isolated from a contaminated estuary (Seine, France)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-183

  Oger, Cécile ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^b   Petit, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cadA gene; Cadmium resistance; Estuary; IS257 insertion sequence; Staphylococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

BACTERIUM; CADMIUM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GENETICS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOLERANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FRANCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MICROCOCCUS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

FRANCE;

HALOBACILLUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MICROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0037445310     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00385-9     Document Type: Article

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