Genomic relationships between Enterococcus faecium strains from different sources and with different antibiotic resistance profiles evaluated by restriction endonuclease analysis of total chromosomal DNA using EcoRI and PvuII.
Forty-seven Enterococcus faecium strains from different sources were evaluated by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) of total chromosomal DNA. Strains from chicken, pork, and humans were clearly divided into separate clusters, whereas strains from different countries, strains with different antibiotic resistance profiles, or clinical and healthy-subject strains were not.
Quednau
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Laboratory of Food Hygiene, Department of Food Technology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Ahrné
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Molin
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D000091402:Prohibitins; D015183:Restriction Mapping
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C000717331:PHB2 protein, human; D000091402:Prohibitins; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; C061224:endodeoxyribonuclease PvuI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific