The contribution of small cryptic plasmids to the antibiotic resistance of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli E2348/69

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1229-1239

  Handford, Cynthia L ^a   Stang, Charma T ^a   Raivio, Tracy L ^a   Dennis, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic plasmid; Enteropathogenic escherichia coli; EPEC; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; COMPLEMENTATION; CRYPTIC PLASMIDS; E. COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAME-SHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTERS; GENETIC ELEMENTS; GENOMIC DNA; RESISTANCE GENES;

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA HOMOLOG; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CRYPSIS; DNA; GENE; GROWTH RATE; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 73449140471     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-079     Document Type: Article

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