Prevalence of tetracycline resistance genes in Greek seawater habitats

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 633-640

  Nikolakopoulou, Theodora L ^a   Giannoutsou, Eleni P ^a   Karabatsou, Adamandia A ^a   Karagouni, Amalia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exogenous plasmid isolation; Polymerase chain reaction analysis; Seawater samples; Tetracycline resistance genes; Total community DNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; SEA WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GREECE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; GREECE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEAWATER; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 58149109280     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-008-0080-8     Document Type: Article

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