Streptococcus suis, an emerging drug-resistant animal and human pathogen

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Palmieri, Claudio ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chimeric element; Genomic island; Integrative and conjugative element; Phage; Resistome; Streptococcus suis; Transposon; Zoonotic pathogen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS;

EID: 84865289065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00235     Document Type: Review

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