Genetic context and structural diversity of class 1 integrons from human commensal bacteria in a hospital intensive care unit

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3939-3943

  Betteridge, Thu ^a   Partridge, Sally R ^b   Iredell, Jonathan R ^b   Stokes, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMENSAL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTEGRON; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79960308092     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01831-10     Document Type: Article

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