Characterisation of the Plasmidome within Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Marginal Periodontitis Patients in Norway

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Song, Xiaobo ^a   Sun, Jinglu ^a   Mikalsen, Theresa ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSPOSON;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PERIODONTITIS; PLASMID; REPLICON; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORWAY; PERIODONTITIS; PLASMIDS; REPLICON;

EID: 84876994285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062248     Document Type: Article

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