Isolation and identification of Methylobacterium species from the tap water in hospitals in Japan and their antibiotic susceptibility

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Furuhata, Katsunori ^a   Kato, Yuko ^b   Goto, Keiichi ^b   Hara, Motonobu ^a   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^c   Fukuyama, Masafumi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Norin Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Hospital; Methylobacterium spp.; Tap water

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; TAP WATER; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; DNA SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM AQUATICUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM FUJISAWAENSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM FUJISAWAENSE;

EID: 31344445687     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03765.x     Document Type: Article

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