Plasmid-Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococci and Other Firmicutes

Plasmids: Biology and Impact in Biotechnology and Discovery

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 421-444

  Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Shen, Jianzhong ^b   Wendlandt, Sarah ^a   Feßler, Andrea T ^a   Wang, Yang ^b   Kadlec, Kristina ^a   Wu, Cong Ming ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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DOI: 10.1128/9781555818982.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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