Occurrence of integron-associated resistance gene cassettes located on antibiotic resistance plasmids isolated from a wastewater treatment plant

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-252

  Tennstedt, Thomas ^a   Szczepanowski, Rafael ^a   Braun, Sebastian ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Schlüter, Andreas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Broad host range plasmid; Conjugative plasmid; Gene cassette; Horizontal gene transfer; Integron

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WASTE WATER;

BROAD HOST RANGE PLASMIDS;

EID: 0041562502     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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