Identification of a novel fosfomycin resistance gene (fosA2) in Enterobacter cloacae from the Salmon River, Canada

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-429

  Xu, H ^a   Miao, V ^b   Kwong, W ^b   Xia, R ^a   Davies, J ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; Fosfomycin resistance; Salmon River

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FOSFOMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN RESISTANCE; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT BACTERIA; RESISTANT STRAINS; SALMON RIVER; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; WATER SAMPLES;

RIVERS;

FOSFOMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTICS; CLONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANADA; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SALMON RIVER [ONTARIO];

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952492957     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03016.x     Document Type: Article

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