Occurrence of tcrB, a transferable copper resistance gene, in fecal enterococci of swine

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1089-1097

  Amachawadi, Raghavendra G ^a   Shelton, Nick W ^a   Jacob, Megan E ^a   Shi, Xiaorong ^a   Narayanan, Sanjeev K ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a   Dritz, Steve S ^a   Nelssen, Jim L ^a   Tokach, Mike D ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERMB GENE; FECES MICROFLORA; GENETIC RESISTANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TCRB GENE; TETM GENE; TRANSFERABLE COPPER RESISTANCE GENE; UNITED STATES; VANA GENE; VANB GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWINE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 77956396424     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0540     Document Type: Article

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