Phenotypic diversity of multiple antibiotic resistant enterococci with emphasis on Enterococcus gallinarum carrying vanA and vanB genes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 255-261

  Shaghaghi, B ^a   Talebi, M ^a,b   Katouli, M ^c   Mollby R ^d   Kuhn I ^d   Pourshafie, M R ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biochemical fingerprinting; E. gallinarum; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; E. GALLINARUM; PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY;

GENES;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; GENES; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IRAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANC1; VANC2; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WASTE WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 35148894010     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9481-2     Document Type: Article

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