Class 1 and class 2 integrons in non-prevalent serovars of Salmonella enterica: Structure and association with transposons and plasmids

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1124-1132

  Rodríguez, Irene ^a   Martín, M Cruz ^b   Mendoza, M Carmen ^a   Rodicio, M Rosario ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene mapping; Mobile genetic elements; Multidrug resistance; PFGE

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33845351436     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl400     Document Type: Article

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