Class 1 and class 2 integrons in multidrugresistant gram-negative bacteria isolated from the Salmon River, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 460-467

  Xu, Hai ^a   Broersma, Klaas ^b   Miao, Vivian ^c   Davies, Julian ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Conjugation; Gene cassettes; Integrons; Salmon River

Indexed keywords

ACETYL TRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; AQUATIC HABITATS; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLASS 1; CLASS 1 INTEGRONS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CONJUGATION; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENETIC BASIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN; INTEGRONS; KANAMYCINS; SALMON RIVER; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; RIVERS;

BACTERIA;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOTHRICIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DISPERSAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; ESCHERICHIA; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RIVERS; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SALMON RIVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79958792439     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-029     Document Type: Article

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