Expansion of a plasmid classification system for gram-positive bacteria and determination of the diversity of plasmids in Staphylococcus aureus strains of human, animal, and food origins

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5948-5955

  Lozano, Carmen ^a   García Migura, Lourdes ^b,c   Aspiroz, Carmen ^d   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Torres, Carmen ^a   Aarestrup, Frank Møller ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; DIFFERENT SIZES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REP GENE; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; HELICASE; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866304881     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00870-12     Document Type: Article

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