Occurrence and diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet (M) in enteric bacteria of Antarctic Adélie penguins

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 627-628

  Rahman, Habibur M ^a   Sakamoto, Kentaro Q ^b   Nonaka, Lisa ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Drug resistance; Marine ecosystem; Ribosomal protection protein; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; PROTEIN TET(M); TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRACHYBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOTYPE; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSYCHROBACTER; STREPTOMYCES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHENISCIDAE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 49649095700     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn209     Document Type: Letter

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