Novel gene cassettes and integrons in antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from urban wastewaters

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-100

  Moura, Alexandra ^a   Pereira, Carolina ^a   Henriques, Isabel ^a   Correia, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Enterobacteriaceae; Integrons; Mobile genetic elements; Multiresistance; Wastewaters

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS ALLOSACCHAROPHILA; AEROMONAS MEDIA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISINFECTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLUYVERA CRYOCRESCENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEWAGE;

AEROMONAS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84858004667     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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