Horizontal transfer of Shiga toxin and antibiotic resistance genes among Escherichia coli strains in house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) gut

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 288-295

  Petridis, M ^a,b,c   Bagdasarian, M ^b   Waldor, M K ^d   Walker, E ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Horizontal transfer; House fly gut; Musca domestica; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIFAMPICIN; VEROTOXIN 1;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSE FLY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HOUSEFLIES; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE H-19B; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 33750996456     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0288:HTOSTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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