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Antibiotic resistance patterns of metal-tolerant bacteria isolated from an estuary.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 12 ·No. 4 ·1977-10-00 ·Pages 545-7

Allen DA, Austin B, Colwell RR

Abstract

Estuarine bacteria isolated on metal-containing media were also found to be antibiotic resistant; ampicillin and chloramphenicol were the antibiotics to which resistance was most common. Patterns of antibiotic resistance were found associated with a variety of taxa.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Bacteria/drug effects Culture Media Drug Resistance, Microbial Metals/pharmacology

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents Culture Media Metals

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Allen D A

Austin B

Colwell R R

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8 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Abbr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

ISSN

0066-4804

DOI

10.1128/AAC.12.4.545

Published

1977-10-00

Pages

545-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0315061

PMCID

PMC429964

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.12.4.545 PMC Full Text View journal details

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