Complete sequence of pBFUK1, a carbapenemase-harboring mobilizable plasmid from Bacteroides fragilis, and distribution of pBFUK1-like plasmids among carbapenem-resistant B. fragilis clinical isolates

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 239-242

  Goto, Takatsugu ^a   Tanaka, Kaori ^a   Minh Tran, Chau ^a   Watanabe, Kunitomo ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; cfiA; Composite transposon; Distribution; Plasmid; Resistance; Tn6186

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM; HYDROLASE; IMIPENEM; LIPOPROTEIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; REPLICATION FACTOR A; TRANSPOSASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84877246037     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2012.109     Document Type: Article

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