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Indirect Selection against Antibiotic Resistance via Specialized Plasmid-Dependent Bacteriophages

Antibiotic resistance genes of important Gram-negative bacterial pathogens are residing in mobile genetic elements such as conjugative plasmids. These elements rapidly disperse between cells when antibiotics are present and hence our continuous use of antimicrobials selects for elements that often h...

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Autores principales: Penttinen, Reetta, Given, Cindy, Jalasvuori, Matti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7911639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33572937
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020280