Conjugal transfer of the Tn916-like transposon TnFO1 from Enterococcus faecalis isolated from cheese to other gram-positive bacteria

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-38

  Perreten, Vincent ^a   Kollöffel, Beat ^a   Teuber, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Conjugation; Enterococcus faecalis; Raw milk cheese; Transposon

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEESE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 1842413670     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80045-8     Document Type: Article

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