Genetic basis of tetracycline and minocycline resistance in potentially probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum strain CCUG 43738

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1550-1551

  Huys, Geert ^a   D'Haene, Klaas ^a   Swings, Jean ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA PROBE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TET GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROBIOTICS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 33645771198     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1550-1551.2006     Document Type: Article

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