Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilm Formation and Conjugative Transfer of Staphylococcus and Enterococcus Isolates from International Space Station and Antarctic Research Station Concordia

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 638-651

  Schiwon, Katarzyna ^a   Arends, Karsten ^a,d   Rogowski, Katja Marie ^a   Fürch, Svea ^a   Prescha, Katrin ^a   Sakinc, Türkan ^b   Van Houdt, Rob ^c   Werner, Guido ^d   Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS SUBSP. HOMINIS; VIR;

EID: 84876123294     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0193-4     Document Type: Article

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