Characterization of transferable tetracycline resistance genes inEnterococcus faecalisisolated from raw food
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- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 243 (1) , 15-19
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.028
Abstract
The prevalence of tetracycline resistance, and of specific genetic determinants for this resistance was investigated in 1003 strains of EnterococcusKeywords
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