Antibiotic-resistant enterococci in seawater and sediments from a coastal fish farm

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 502-509

  Cesare, Andrea Di ^a   Vignaroli, Carla ^a   Luna, Gian Marco ^a,b   Pasquaroli, Sonia ^a   Biavasco, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; SEA WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLAZ GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ERM(A) GENE; ERM(B) GENE; ERM(C) GENE; INT(TN916) GENE; ITALY; MEF GENE; MSR GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TET(K) GENE; TET(L) GENE; TET(M) GENE; TET(O) GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 84866500628     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2011.0204     Document Type: Article

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