Extensive horizontal gene transfer in cheese-associated bacteria

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Bonham, Kevin S ^a   Wolfe, Benjamin E ^b   Dutton, Rachel J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MICROBIOME; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; CHEESE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85026851405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.22144     Document Type: Article

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