A tet(S/M) hybrid from CTn6000 and CTn916 recombination

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2710-2711

  Novais, Carla ^a   Freitas, Ana R ^a,b   Silveira, Eduarda ^a   Baquero, Fernando ^b,c,d   Peixe, Luisa ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^e   Coque, Teresa M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER MODEL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRID GENE; LACTOBACILLUS; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84868327165     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062729-0     Document Type: Article

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