Tetracycline-resistance encoding plasmids from Paenibacillus larvae, the causal agent of American foulbrood disease, isolated from commercial honeys

International Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-61

  Alippi, Adriana M ^a   León, Ignacio E ^a   López, Ana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

American foulbrood disease (AFB); Honeybees; Paenibacillus larvae; Plasmids; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HONEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904060147     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.207     Document Type: Article

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