Intragenus generalized transduction in Staphylococcus spp. by a novel giant phage

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1949-1952

  Uchiyama, Jumpei ^a   Takemura Uchiyama, Iyo ^a   Sakaguchi, Yoshihiko ^b   Gamoh, Keiji ^c   Kato, Shin Ichiro ^c   Daibata, Masanori ^a   Ujihara, Takako ^c   Misawa, Naoaki ^b   Matsuzaki, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; drug resistance; generalized transduction; RNA world; sewage; staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CLONE; GENE TRANSFER; PLASMID; SEWAGE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906942099     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.29     Document Type: Article

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