Horizontal gene transfer and the genomics of enterococcal antibiotic resistance

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 632-639

  Palmer, Kelli L ^a,b   Kos, Veronica N ^a,b   Gilmore, Michael S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957787864     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.08.004     Document Type: Review

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