Evidence for plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance in Paenibacillus larvae, the causal agent of American Foulbrood (AFB) disease in honeybees

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 290-303

  Alippi, Adriana M ^a   López, Ana C ^a   Reynaldi, Francisco J ^a   Grasso, Daniel H ^b   Aguilar, O Mario ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AFB; Honeybees; Paenibacillus larvae; Plasmids; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PLASMID DNA; TETRACYCLINE;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD DISEASE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HONEYBEE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TET(K) GENE; TET(L) GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BEES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 35348822406     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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