Prevalence and characteristics of rmtB and qepA in Escherichia coli isolated from diseased animals in China

16S rRNA methylase and QepA, a fluoroquinolone efflux pump, are new mechanisms of resistance against aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolone, respectively. One of 16S rRNA methylase genes, rmtB, was found to be associated with qepA, were both located on the same transposable element. In this study, we i...

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Main Authors: Yuting eDeng, Zhenling eZeng, Wei eTian, Tong eYang, Jian-Hua eLiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00198/full

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