Ecological and genetic determinants of plasmid distribution in escherichia coli

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4230-4239

  Medaney, Frances ^a   Ellis, Richard J ^b   Raymond, Ben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84996931961     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13552     Document Type: Article

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