Leaf-feeding larvae of Manduca sexta (Insecta, Lepidoptera) drastically reduce copy numbers of aadA antibiotic resistance genes from transplastomic tobacco but maintain intact aadA genes in their feces

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 121-133

  Brinkmann, Nicole ^a   Tebbe, Christoph C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

aadA gene; Acinetobacter; Insect larvae; Natural transformation; Transplastomic plants

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO;

ACINETOBACTER; ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; LARVA; MANDUCA; PLANT LEAVES; TOBACCO;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 38949133754     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2007028     Document Type: Article

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