Intra- and interspecies conjugal transfer of Tn916-like elements from Lactococcus lactis in vitro and in vivo

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6352-6360

  Boguslawska, Joanna ^a,c   Zycka Krzesinska, Joanna ^a   Wilcks, Andrea ^b   Bardowski, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONCENTRATION OF; DONOR STRAINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS JH2-2; FECAL SAMPLES; FILTER MATINGS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RAW MILK; TRANSCONJUGANTS; TRANSFER RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; RATS; STRAIN;

ACID RESISTANCE;

SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE TRANSFER; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALE; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RAT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALE; MILK; RATS; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RATTUS;

EID: 70349435397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00470-09     Document Type: Article

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