Antibiotic resistance among bacteria isolated from seawater and penguin fecal samples collected near Palmer Station, Antarctica

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Miller, Robert V ^a   Gammon, Katharine ^b,c   Day, Martin J ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Natural resistance to antiobiotics; Palmer station; Penguins; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; NATURAL RESISTANCE TO ANTIOBIOTICS; PALMER STATION; PENGUINS; PLASMIDS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

IMPACT RESISTANCE;

SEA WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; MERCURY; RNA 16S;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIRD; PLASMID; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANTARCTICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; MERCURY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SPHENISCIDAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 64249149445     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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