Environmental Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin and Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria
Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics by mutation, transformation and/or acquisition of new genes which are normally associated with mobile elements (plasmids, transposons, and integrons). Mobile elements are the main driving force in horizontal gene transfer between strains, species and gen...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00040/full |