Sequencing and comparative analysis of IncP-1α antibiotic resistance plasmids reveal a highly conserved backbone and differences within accessory regions

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Szczepanowski, Rafael ^a   Eikmeyer, Felix ^a   Harfmann, Jannis ^a   Blom, Jochen ^a   Rogers, Linda M ^b   Top, Eva M ^b   Schlüter, Andreas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Broad host range; Conjugative IncP 1 plasmid; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BROAD-HOST-RANGE; CLASS 1; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MERCURY RESISTANCE; PARTITIONING GENES; RESISTANCE GENES; SEQUENCE IDENTITY; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GENES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79961209180     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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