A vancomycin-dependent VanA-type Enterococcus faecalis strain isolated in Japan from chicken imported from China

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Tanimoto, K ^a   Nomura, T ^a   Hamatani, H ^a   Xiao, Y H ^b   Ike, Y ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken meat; D Ala: D Ala ligase; VanA type; Vancomycin dependent; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACILLI; MEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHICKEN MEAT; D-ALA: D-ALA LIGASE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LIGASES; POINT MUTATIONS; TEICOPLANIN; VANA-TYPE; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN-DEPENDENT; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

GENES;

VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; FECES; POULTRY;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHINA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 22644440010     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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