Identification of novel linear megaplasmids carrying a ß-lactamase gene in neurotoxigenic clostridium butyricum type E strains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Franciosa, Giovanna ^a   Scalfaro, Concetta ^a   Bonito, Paola ^a   Vitale, Marco ^a   Aureli, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA; LINCOMYCIN; NEUROTOXIN; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN E;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BOTULISM; CHINA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM TYPE E; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; ITALY; MEGAPLASMID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENETICS;

CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; PLASMIDS;

EID: 79959599185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021706     Document Type: Article

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