Tracking acquired antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria of galápagos land iguanas: No man, no resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Thaller, Maria Cristina ^a   Migliore, Luciana ^a   Marquez, Cruz ^b   Tapia, Washington ^b   Cedeño, Virna ^b,c   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^d   Gentile, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^c Galápagos National Park ^*  (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIRCULATION; CITROBACTER; COMMENSAL; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONOLOPHUS PALLIDUS; CONTROL STRATEGY; DENSITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECUADOR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HABIT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); KLEBSIELLA; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; SCREENING; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONOLOPHUS PALLIDUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; IGUANA; IGUANIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IGUANAS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77749289744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008989     Document Type: Article

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