The plasmidome of firmicutes: Impact on the emergence and the spread of resistance to antimicrobials

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Lanza, Val Fernández ^a,b,c   Tedim, Ana P ^a,b,c   Martínez, José Luís ^b,d   Baquero, Fernando ^a,b,c   Coque, Teresa M ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FIRMICUTES; GENETICS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FIRMICUTES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84958702981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0039-2014     Document Type: Article

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