Class 1 integrons, selected virulence genes, and antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from the Minjiang River, Fujian Province, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Chen, Bin ^a   Zheng, Weiwen ^a,b   Yu, Ying ^a,b   Huang, Wenwen ^a   Zheng, Siping ^a   Zhang, Yun ^c   Guan, Xiong ^b   Zhuang, Yiting ^d   Chen, Ning ^e   Topp, Edward ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Fujian Environmental Monitoring Central Station   (China)

^e Fujian Fire Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AZITROMYCIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLASS 1; CLASS 1 INTEGRONS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; DRAINAGE BASIN; E. COLI; FECAL POLLUTION; FUJIAN PROVINCE; GENES ENCODING; MINJIANG RIVER; NORFLOXACIN; POULTRY PRODUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOURCE WATER PROTECTION; TOBRAMYCIN; URBAN SETTINGS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENE;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; RATING; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRAINAGE BASIN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; VIRULENCE; WASTEWATER; WATER PLANNING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CHINA; EUROPE; MIN RIVER [SICHUAN]; NORTH AMERICA; SICHUAN;

ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79251630809     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01676-10     Document Type: Article

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