Non-invasive determination of conjugative transfer of plasmids bearing antibiotic-resistance genes in biofilm-bound bacteria: Effects of substrate loading and antibiotic selection

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 317-328

  Ma, Hongyan ^a   Bryers, James D ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic selection pressure; Biofilm plasmid transfer; Confocal microscopy; Non invasive biofilm diagnostics

Indexed keywords

3D ARCHITECTURES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BIOFILM FORMATION; CONFOCAL SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATIVE TRANSFER; FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS; KANAMYCINS; MICROBIAL INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE GENES; SELECTION PRESSURES; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; SUBLETHAL DOSE; SUBSTRATE LOADING; TRANSCONJUGANTS; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA; GENES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOADING;

BIOFILMS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PLANKTON; PLASMID; SUBSTRATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872330433     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4179-9     Document Type: Article

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