Effects of biofilm growth on plasmid copy number and expression of antibiotic resistance genes in Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1850-1856

  Cook, L C ^a,b   Dunny, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84875157752     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02010-12     Document Type: Article

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