Natural transformation-mediated transfer of erythromycin resistance in Campylobacter coli strains from Turkeys and swine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1316-1321

  Kim, Joo Sung ^a   Carver, Donna K ^a   Kathariou, Sophia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MEATS; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN INFECTIONS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RNA 23S; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

FOOD SAFETY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; MEAT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; SWINE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUS SCROFA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33144460977     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1316-1321.2006     Document Type: Article

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