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PLASMID-MEDIATED RESISTANCE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Antibiotic resistance can be specified by chromosomal or plasmid-encoded genes. Plasmid-mediated resistance is the more serious, as plasmids allow horizontal transfer, disseminating resistance genes to other bacteria.

Key term(s)
  • plasmid mediated resistance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Résistance aux antibiotiques [...] Il s’agit de résistance à médiation plasmidique acquise à partir d’autres entérobactéries avec risque de transfert de résistance aux autres souches de Y. pestis [Yersinia pestis].

Spanish

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