Enhanced transmission of antibiotic resistance in campylobacter jejuni biofilms by natural transformation

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7573-7575

  Bae, Junghee ^a   Oh, Euna ^a   Jeon, Byeonghwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; KANAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APHA3 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAT GENE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN; PLANKTON; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84912077212     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04066-14     Document Type: Article

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