Integrons in the intestinal microbiota as reservoirs for transmission of antibiotic resistance genes

Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-248

  Ravi, Anuradha ^a   Avershina, Ekaterina ^a   Ludvigsen, Jane ^a   L'Abée Lund, Trine M ^a   Rudi, Knut ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Commensal flora; Integrons; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL MOTILITY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTEGRON; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84925144216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens3020238     Document Type: Review

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