Antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ruiz Rodríguez, Magdalena ^a,b   Valdivia, Eva ^b   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^b   Martín Platero, Antonio M ^b   Martínez Bueno, Manuel ^b   Méndez, María ^c   Peralta Sánchez, Juan M ^b   Soler, Juan J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SYNTHESISE BIOTERIOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SYSTEMS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SYMBIONT; UPUPA EPOPS; UROPYGIAL GLAND;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIRDS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UPUPA EPOPS; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 84864262791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041843     Document Type: Article

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