Assessment of horizontal gene transfer in Lactic acid bacteria - A comparison of mating techniques with a view to optimising conjugation conditions

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Toomey, Niamh ^a   Monaghan, Áine ^a   Fanning, Séamus ^b   Bolton, Declan J ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Broth mating; Filter mating; Horizontal gene transfer; Lactococcus lactis; Plate mating

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BROTH DILUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPSILOMETER TEST; FILTER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MARKER GENE; MATING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 62349136649     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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