Transferable integrons of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from the gut of a wild boar in the buffer zone of a national park

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 877-880

  Mokracka, Joanna ^a   Koczura, Ryszard ^a   Kaznowski, Adam ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Horizontal gene transfer; Integrons

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ODORIFERA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84861199569     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0369-4     Document Type: Article

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