Plasmid mediated antibiotic resistance in marine bacteria

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 617-621

  Thavasi, R ^a   Aparnadevi, K ^a   Jayalakshmi, S ^a   Balasubramanian, T ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Multiple antibiotic resistance; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DYE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA INTERMEDIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA OZAENAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; UPPANAR ESTUARY; UPPANAR RIVER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CITROBACTER INTERMEDIUS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 34547564475     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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