In situ detection of antibiotic-resistance elements in single Bacillus cereus spores

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 323-333

  Laflamme, Christian ^a,b   Gendron, Louis ^a,b   Turgeon, Nathalie ^a,b   Filion, Geneviève ^a   Ho, Jim ^c   Duchaine, Caroline ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance detection; Bacillus cereus; FISH; In situ PCR; Spore

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67650450188     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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