Plasmid-Mediated High-Level Gentamicin Resistance in Bacteria from the Turtle Farm Environment in Louisiana
The sale of small turtles is banned from the US market due to concerns about their excretion of Salmonella spp. To produce a safe pet for the export market, the Louisiana pet turtle industry uses 1000 μg/ml gentamicin sulfate baths to eradicate Salmonella spp. from turtle eggs. In 1999, we analyzed...
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LSU
2005
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11182005-035932/ |