Horizontal transfer of the Salmonella enterica serovar infantis resistance and virulence plasmid pESI to the gut microbiota of warm-blooded hosts

mBio

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Aviv, Gili ^a,b   Rahav, Galia ^a,b   Gal Mor, Ohad ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FNR PROTEIN; TRAB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BILE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESI; PIL GENE; PLASMID; PLASMID PESI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR INFANTIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICE; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84994644337     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01395-16     Document Type: Article

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