Novel variants of the qnrB gene, qnrB22 and qnrB23, in Citrobacter werkmanii and Citrobacter freundii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3068-3069

  Bae, Il Kwon ^a   Park, Indal ^a   Lee, Jae Jin ^b   Sun, Ha Ik ^b   Park, Kwang Seung ^b   Lee, Jeong Eun ^b   Ahn, Ji Hye ^b   Lee, Sang Hee ^b   Woo, Gun Jo ^c  

^a Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER WERKMANII; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QNRB22 GENE; QNRB23 GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES; SWINE;

EID: 77953742890     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01339-09     Document Type: Letter

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