Characterization of a Streptococcus suis tet(O/W/32/O)-carrying element transferable to major streptococcal pathogens

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4697-4702

  Palmieri, Claudio ^a   Magi, Gloria ^a   Mingoia, Marina ^a   Bagnarelli, Patrizia ^a   Ripa, Sandro ^b   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84865438014     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00629-12     Document Type: Article

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