Resistance determinant erm(X) is borne by transposon Tn5432 in Bifidobacterium thermophilum and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 544-548

  van Hoek, Angela H A M ^a   Mayrhofer, Sigrid ^b   Domig, Konrad J ^b   Aarts, Henk J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

erm(X); Probiotics; tnp1249; tnpCX; Transferable antibiotic resistance genes

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS LACTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; ERM(X) GENE; GENE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN5432;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

EID: 43749107531     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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