Diversity and Global Distribution of IncL/M Plasmids Enabling Horizontal Dissemination of β-Lactam Resistance Genes among the Enterobacteriaceae

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Adamczuk, Marcin ^a   Zaleski, Piotr ^b   Dziewit, Lukasz ^a   Wolinowska, Renata ^c   Nieckarz, Marta ^a   Wawrzyniak, Pawel ^a,b   Kieryl, Piotr ^b   Plucienniczak, Andrzej ^b   Bartosik, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLINASE; BETA LACTAMASE; CIRCULAR DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BETA LACTAMASE GENE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYNTENY; WESTERN EUROPE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84937675859     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/414681     Document Type: Article

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