Lysogenic transfer of mef(A) and tet(O) genes carried by Φm46.1 among group A streptococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4464-4466

  Di Luca, Maria Chiara ^a   D'Ercole, Stefania ^a   Petrelli, Dezemona ^a   Prenna, Manuela ^a   Ripa, Sandro ^a   Vitali, Luca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EX VIVO GENE TRANSFER; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; LYSOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 77957350650     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01318-09     Document Type: Article

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