Characterization of tetA-like gene encoding for a major facilitator superfamily efflux pump in Streptococcus thermophilus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-70

  Arioli, Stefania ^a   Guglielmetti, Simone ^a   Amalfitano, Stefano ^b   Viti, Carlo ^c   Marchi, Emmanuela ^c   Decorosi, Francesca ^c   Giovannetti, Luciana ^c   Mora, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Lactic acid bacteria; MFS efflux pump; Streptococcus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHIDIUM; TETA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TETA GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TOXICITY;

ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHIDIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84902001408     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12449     Document Type: Article

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