Conjugative Plasmid Transfer in Gram-Positive Bacteria
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Conjugative plasmid transfer in gram-positive bacteria.
Conjugative transfer of bacterial plasmids is the most efficient way of horizontal gene spread, and it is therefore considered one of the major reasons for the increase in the number of bacteria exhibiting multiple-antibiotic resistance. Thus, conjugation and spread of antibiotic resistance represents a severe problem in antibiotic treatment, especially of immunosuppressed patients and in inten...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1092-2172,1098-5557
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.67.2.277-301.2003