Large antibiotic-resistance plasmid of Edwardsiella tarda contributes to virulence in fish

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 259-266

  Yu, Jong Earn ^a   Cho, Mi Young ^b   Kim, Jin woo ^b   Kang, Ho Young ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Edwardsiella tarda; Pathogenesis; Plasmid; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONJUGAL TRANFER GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; EDWARDSIELLOSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; FLOUNDER; GENE; GOLDFISH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PLASMID MAINTENANCE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPOSASE GENE; VIRULENCE GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARASSIUS AURATUS; DANIO RERIO; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 84862828203     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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