Mobile genetic elements of the human gastrointestinal tract: Potential for spread of antibiotic resistance genes

Gut Microbes

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 271-280

  Broaders, Eileen ^a,b   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a,b   Marchesi, Julian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics resistance; Gene transfer; Gut; Microbiome; Mobile genetic elements

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEAVY METAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMMENSAL; DNA REPAIR; ENTEROCOCCUS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTEGRON; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; GENE TRANSFER; GUT; MICROBIOME; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84880468631     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.24627     Document Type: Review

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