Molecular and phenotypic traits of in-vitro-selected mutants of Bifidobacterium resistant to rifaximin

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Vitali, Beatrice ^a   Turroni, Silvia ^a   Serina, Stefania ^b   Sosio, Margherita ^b   Vannini, Lucia ^a   Candela, Marco ^a   Guerzoni, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Brigidi, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Vicuron Pharmaceuticals   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Membrane permeability; Resistance mechanisms; Rifaximin; RNA polymerase; rpoB gene

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; FATTY ACID; RIFAXIMIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RIFAMYCINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 43549110455     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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