Characterization of mercury-resistant clinical Aeromonas species

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1279-1283

  Pérez Valdespino, Abigail ^a   Celestino Mancera, Martin ^a   Villegas Rodríguez, Viridiana Lorena ^a   Curiel Quesada, Everardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Clinical strains; Mercury resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MERCURY; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MERCURY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84897469818     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822013000400036     Document Type: Article

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