The Listeria monocytogenes transposon Tn6188 provides increased tolerance to various quaternary ammonium compounds and ethidium bromide

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-173

  Müller, Anneliese ^a   Rychli, Kathrin ^a   Zaiser, Andreas ^a   Wieser, Cornelia ^a   Wagner, Martin ^a   Schmitz Esser, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Complementation; Transposase

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; CETRIMIDE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DODECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; DOMIPHEN BROMIDE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; QACH PROTEIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHIDIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LETTER; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QACH GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TNPA GENE; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN6188; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISINFECTANTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIDIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919619306     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12626     Document Type: Letter

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