Characterization of a mobile and multiple resistance plasmid isolated from swine manure and its detection in soil after manure application

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1123-1133

  Rahube, T O ^a   Yost, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance plasmid; DNA sequencing; Erythromycin; Liquid manure spreading; Manure slurry; Mobilizable plasmids; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHROMIUM; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILIZERS; GENE ENCODING; MANURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PLASMID; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCING; ERYTHROMYCIN; LIQUID MANURE; LIQUID MANURE SPREADING; MANURE SLURRY; MANURE SPREADING; MOBILIZABLE PLASMID; TETRACYCLINE;

SOILS;

CHROMIUM; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MERCURY; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHROMIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENETIC MARKER; MANURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILITY; PIG; PLASMID; SLURRY; SOIL AMENDMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MARKER; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SOIL; SOIL INOCULATION; SWINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 84860835292     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05301.x     Document Type: Article

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