Distribution of Tetracycline Resistance Gene, tet(M), in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Sediment and Seawater at a Coastal Aquaculture Site in Japan

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-364

  Nonaka, Lisa ^a   Ikeno, Kinuyo ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aquaculture; distribution; marine sediment and seawater; tet(M); tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012959384     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.355     Document Type: Article

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