The involvement of tetA and tetE tetracycline resistance genes in plasmid and chromosomal resistance of Aeromonas in Brazilian strains

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 861-866

  Balassiano, Ilana Teruszkin ^a   Bastos, Maria Do Carmo De Freire ^a   Madureira, Danielle Jannuzzi ^a   Da Silva, Iris Gripp ^a   De Freitas Almeida, Ângela Corrêa ^b   De Oliveira, Selma Soares ^a  

^a Laboratório de Genética de Bactérias Associadas a Alimentos   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Plasmid; Resistance determinants; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS;

EID: 37049019489     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000121     Document Type: Article

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