Identification of the multi-resistance gene cfr in Escherichia coli isolates of animal origin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Deng, Hui ^a   Sun, Jian ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Fang, Liang Xing ^a   Zhang, Qijing ^a   Liu, Ya Hong ^a   Liao, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; CFR PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CFR GENE; CHINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SWINE;

EID: 84904497585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102378     Document Type: Article

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