Engineering multiple genomic deletions in Gram-negative bacteria: Analysis of the multi-resistant antibiotic profile of Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2702-2716

  Martínez García, Esteban ^a   de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 80053648189     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02538.x     Document Type: Article

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