Association between the cfxA gene and transposon Tn4555 in Bacteroides distasonis strains and other Bacteroides species

Current Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-353

  Ferreira, Livia Q ^a   Avelar, Katia E S ^b,d   Vieira, Jessica M B D ^a   De Paula, Geraldo R ^c   Colombo, Ana P V ^a   Domingues, Regina M C P ^a   Ferreira, Maria C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario Augusto Motta   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOXITIN; CFXA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS;

EID: 34248388009     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0411-0     Document Type: Article

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