Different molecular rearrangements in the integron of the IncP-1β resistance plasmid pB1O isolated from a wastewater treatment plant result in elevated β-lactam resistance levels

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-435

  Szczepanowski, Rafael ^a   Krahn, Irene ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Schlüter, Andreas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lactam resistance; Broad host range plasmid; Conjugative plasmid; Mobile genetic element; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; MERCURY; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

LEUCISCUS IDUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 11944260296     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0726-9     Document Type: Article

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