Comparative analysis of antibiotic resistance gene markers in Mycoplasma genitalium: Application to studies of the minimal gene complement

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 519-527

  Pich, Oscar Q ^a   Burgos, Raul ^a   Planell, Raquel ^a   Querol, Enrique ^a   Piñol, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC MARKER; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

EID: 32244434642     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28287-0     Document Type: Article

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