Ecology of antibiotic resistance genes: Characterization of enterococci from houseflies collected in food settings

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4028-4035

  Macovei, Lilia ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD; GENES; PROTEINS;

E. FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCI; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GELATINASE; GENE PRODUCT; KANAMYCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASA1 GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLA GENE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESP GENE; GELE GENE; GELL GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOUSE FLY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; TET GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 33745157880     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00034-06     Document Type: Article

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