Horizontal Transfer of a Multi-Drug Resistance Plasmid between Coliform Bacteria of Human and Bovine Origin in a Farm Environment

Multi-drug-resistant coliform bacteria were isolated from feces of cattle exposed to antimicrobial agents and humans associated with the animals. Isolates from both cattle and humans harbored an R plasmid of 65 kb (pTMS1) that may have been transferred between them due to selective antibiotic pressu...

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Main Authors: Oppegaard, Hanne, Steinum, Terje M., Wasteson, Yngvild
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2001
Subjects:
Microbial Ecology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC93080/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11472956
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.8.3732-3734.2001
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