Distribution of small native plasmids in Streptococcus pyogenes in India

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 370-378

  Bergmann, René ^a   Nerlich, Andreas ^a   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a   Nitsche Schmitz, D Patric ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Natural plasmids; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIOCINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84899627419     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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