The homogeneity of vanB gene cluster among enterococcal isolates in Iran

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-161

  Ameri, S ^a,b   Talebi, M ^a   Rahimi, F ^a   Pourshafie, M R ^a   Ebrahimipour, G ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Iran; Sewage; vanB; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; ELECTROPHORESIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTERS; IRAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; STANDARD STRAIN; VANB; VANCOMYCIN;

GENES;

VANCOMYCIN;

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; POLYMORPHISM; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE; HOMOGENEITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IRAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VANB GENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN [IRAN];

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 58449119185     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02515.x     Document Type: Article

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