Evolution and ecology of antibiotic resistance genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-161

  Aminov, Rustam I ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Macrolides; Phylogeny; Quinolones; Reservoirs; Tetracyclines; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249076303     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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