Mechanism of intrinsic resistance to vancomycin in Clostridium innocuum NCIB 10674

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3415-3422

  David, Véronique ^a,b   Bozdogan, Bülent ^c,e   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^b   Legrand, Raymond ^d   Gutmann, Laurent ^b   Leclercq, Roland ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; LYSINE; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RACEMASE; SERINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INNOCUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLASMIDS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INNOCUUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442694124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3415-3422.2004     Document Type: Article

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