A classification system for plasmids from enterococci and other Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-43

  Jensen, L B ^a   Garcia Migura, L ^a   Valenzuela, A J S ^b   Lohr M ^a,c   Hasman, H ^a   Aarestrup, F M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Servicio de Microbiologia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Gram positive bacteria; Multiplex PCR; PCR based; Plasmid typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 71749085028     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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