The identification of intrinsic chloramphenicol and tetracycline resistance genes in members of the bacillus cereus group (sensu lato)

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Glenwright, Helen ^a   Pohl, Susanne ^a   Navarro, Ferran ^b   Miro, Elisenda ^b   Jiménez, Guillermo ^c   Blanch, Anicet R ^d   Harwood, Colin R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c Rubinum SA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus toyonensis; Gene knockouts; Intrinsic antibiotic resistance; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CATQ GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHENOTYPE; TETM GENE;

EID: 85011966064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02122     Document Type: Article

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