Molecular characterization of tetracycline-resistant genes and integrons from avirulent strains of escherichia coli isolated from catfish

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-559

  Nawaz, Mohamed ^a   Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Khan, Saeed ^a   Sung, Kidon ^a   Kerdahi, Khalil ^b   Steele, Roger ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Arkansas Regional Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; DNA; ORMETOPRIM; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AADA2 GENE; AADA5 GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; DFRA17 GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETA GENE; TETB GENE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANT GENE; XBA1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRONS; INTESTINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67650790490     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0204     Document Type: Article

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