Transfer of antibiotic resistance by transformation with eDNA within oral biofilms

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-349

  Hannan, Saad ^a   Ready, Derren ^a   Jasni, Azmiza S ^a   Rogers, Michelle ^a   Pratten, Jonathan ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biofilm; conjugation; eDNA; horizontal gene transfer; Tn916; transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TRANSPOSON; VEILLONELLA; VEILLONELLA DISPAR; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 77954638559     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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