Detecting Vertical Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Absence of Antibiotics

Pantoja-Feliciano, I.G.; Alicea Serrano, A.M.; Domínguez Bello, María G.

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Pantoja-Feliciano, I.G., Alicea Serrano, A.M. and Domínguez-Bello, M.G. "Detecting Vertical Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Absence of Antibiotics". Río Piedras Campus: External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009. http://repositorio.upr.edu:8080/jspui/handle/10586 /190

http://hdl.handle.net/10586 /190

http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/647328

Autor

Pantoja-Feliciano, I.G.

Alicea Serrano, A.M.

Domínguez Bello, María G.

Institución

Universidad de Puerto Rico

Resumen

Our hypothesis is that antibiotic resistance can be vertically transmitted between generations, in the absence of antibiotics. Mothers readily colonize their offspring with bacteria that have antibiotic resistance genes. To test this hypothesis, we aimed to detect resistance genes in the offspring of mothers carrying resistance.

Materias

antibiotic resistance

resistance genes

Tetracycline

bacteria

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