Conjugative transfer of chromosomally encoded antibiotic resistance from Helicobacter pylori to Campylobacter jejuni

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Oyarzabal, Omar A ^a   Rad, Roland ^b   Backert, Steffen ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENE PRODUCT; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN RESISTANCE CASETTE PROTEIN; TYPE 4 SECRETION SYSTEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CAG GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL CONTACT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMB GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SUPERNATANT; TFS3 GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERALES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33847037888     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01456-06     Document Type: Article

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