Presence of specific antibiotic (tet) resistance genes in infant faecal microbiota

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Gueimonde, Miguel ^a,c   Salminen, Seppo ^a   Isolauri, Erika ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intestinal microbiota; Tet genes; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREAST FEEDING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 33748613276     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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