Conjugation inhibitors and their potential use to prevent dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Cabezón, Elena ^a   de la Cruz, Fernando ^a   Arechaga, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial conjugation; Fatty acids; Inhibitors; Type IV secretion systems

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIGAND; LINOLEIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BINDING SITE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC RESISTANCE; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; SHORT SURVEY; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

EID: 85035745490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02329     Document Type: Short Survey

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