Tn1546 is part of a larger plasmid-encoded genetic unit horizontally disseminated among clonal Enterococcus faecium lineages

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1894-1906

  Sletvold, H ^a   Johnsen, P J ^a   Wikmark, O G ^a   Simonsen, G S ^a,b,c   Sundsfjord, A ^a,b   Nielsen, K M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d Research Park   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glycopeptide drug resistance; Horizontal gene transfer; Mobile elements; Poultry; VanA plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FRANCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINE; INTRON; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; TN1546; VAN DER WOUDE SYNDROME;

EID: 77955703722     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq219     Document Type: Article

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