Occurrence of pS86/pEF47-related plasmids in gram-positive cocci

Current Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-201

  Sprincova, Adriana ^a   Stovcik, Viliam ^a   Javorsky, Peter ^a   Pristas, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; RUMEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 24744444974     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-4564-z     Document Type: Article

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