Acquired antibiotic resistance genes: an overview.

In this review an overview is given on antibiotic resistance mechanisms with special attentions to the antibiotic resistance genes described so far preceded by a short introduction on the discovery and mode of action of the different classes of antibiotics. As this review is only dealing with acquir...

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Main Authors: Angela H.A.M. van Hoek, Dik eMevius, Beatriz eGuerra, Peter eMullany, Adam Paul Roberts, Henk J.M. Aarts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00203/full