Evolutionary, ecological and biotechnological perspectives on plasmids resident in the human gut mobile metagenome

Bioengineered Bugs

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-31

  Ogilvie, Lesley A ^a   Firouzmand, Sepinoud ^a   Jones, Brian V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gut microbiome; Horizontal gene transfer; Host microbe interactions; Mobile genetic elements; Mobile metagenome; Plasmid isolation; TRACA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMENSALISM; DIET; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GUT MICROBIOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; MOBILE METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON AIDED CAPTURE OF PLASMIDS; VIRUS LIKE AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858139933     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bbug.3.1.17883     Document Type: Review

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