New molecular variants of epsilon and beta IncP-1 plasmids are present in estuarine waters

Plasmid

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-258

  Oliveira, C S ^a   Lazaro B ^a,b   Azevedo, J S N ^a   Henriques, I ^a   Almeida, A ^a   Correia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broad host range plasmid; Estuary; IncP 1 plasmid; Ria de Aveiro; Surface sea microlayer; TrfA gene

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PLASMID INCP 1BETA; PLASMID INCP 1EPSILON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRFA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

COMAMONADACEAE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84859896762     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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