Gene mobility promotes the spread of resistance in bacterial populations

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1930-1932

  Stevenson, Cagla ^a   Hall, James P J ^a   Harrison, Ellie ^a   Wood, A Jamie ^a   Brockhurst, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

MERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MERCURY; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 85016573712     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.42     Document Type: Article

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