Copper resistance and its relationship to erythromycin resistance in Enterococcus isolates from bovine milk samples in Korea

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 540-543

  Kim, JiHoon ^a   Lee, SangJin ^a   Choi, SungSook ^a  

^a Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; bovine milk; copper; enterococci; erythromycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; COPPER; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84863316287     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-012-1579-6     Document Type: Article

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