In Vivo transmission of an incA/C plasmid in Escherichia coli depends on tetracycline concentration, and acquisition of the plasmid results in a variable cost of fitness

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3561-3570

  Johnson, Timothy J ^a   Singer, Randall S ^a   Isaacson, Richard E ^a   Danzeisen, Jessica L ^a   Lang, Kevin ^a   Kobluk, Kristi ^a   Rivet, Bernadette ^a   Borewicz, Klaudyna ^a   Frye, Jonathan G ^b   Englen, Mark ^b   Anderson, Janet ^a   Davies, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; MAMMALS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CHLORTETRACYCLIN; DRIVING FORCES; E. COLI; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANTS; PIG FEED; VARIABLE COSTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FITNESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PIG; PLASMID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; PLASMID; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84930012718     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.04193-14     Document Type: Article

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