Class 1 integrons in environments with different degrees of urbanization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nardelli, Maximiliano ^a   Scalzo, Paula Marina ^a   Ramírez, María Soledad ^a   Quiroga, María Paula ^a   Cassini, Marcelo Hernán ^b,c   Centrón, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^c INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FIRMICUTES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRON; INTL1 GENE; ISCR1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOGENE; QACE1 GENE; SUL1 GENE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TNIC GENE; URBANIZATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84862683443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039223     Document Type: Article

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