Invasion of E. coli biofilms by antibiotic resistance plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-119

  Król, Jaroslaw E ^a   Wojtowicz, Andrzej J ^a   Rogers, Linda M ^a   Heuer, Holger ^b   Smalla, Kornelia ^b   Krone, Stephen M ^a   Top, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Batch culture biofilm; Conjugation; Gene transfer; Multidrug resistance plasmids; Pili

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; DONOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; HYBRID; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMID PHH2 227; RECIPIENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVASION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879143703     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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