Role of non-clinical environments in the selection of virulence and antibiotic resistance determinants in pathogenic bacteria

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Martinez, Jose L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Evolution; Genomic islands; Opportunistic pathogens; Pathogenicity islands

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLICIN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; LANTIBIOTIC; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE POOL; GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644499807     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.1.8     Document Type: Review

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