Isolation and characterization of two plasmids in a clinical Acinetobacter nosocomialis strain

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gifford, Bianca ^a   Tucci, Joseph ^a   McIlroy, Simon J ^a   Petrovski, Steve ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter nosocomialis; Cryptic plasmid; pAB49; pRAY

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; TRANSMISSION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VICTORIA;

EID: 84937198165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-732     Document Type: Article

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