Distribution and molecular characterization of tetracycline resistance in Laribacter hongkongensis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-497

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Wong, Gilman K M ^b   Li, Maria W S ^b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Gastroenteritis; TetA gene; TetR gene

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FISHES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 40049101695     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm539     Document Type: Article

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