Analysis of tetracycline resistance tet (W) genes and their flanking sequences in intestinal Bifidobacterium species

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 688-693

  Ammor, Mohammed Salim ^a   Flórez, Ana Belén ^a   Álvarez Martín, Pablo ^a   Margolles, Abelardo ^a   Mayo, Baltasar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bifidobacteria; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; START CODON; STOP CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 52949139102     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn280     Document Type: Article

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