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 ge...

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Main Author: Roberts, Marilyn C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153021/