Interspecies bacterial horizontal gene transfer of NDM-1 plasmid in biofilm and planktonic cultures

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Zhang, Junshun
• مؤلفون آخرون: Yang Liang
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60299
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

blaNDM-1 gene encodes for the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), a type of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) that is responsible for multi-drug resistance. Since its discovery in 2009, it has been detected in nosocomial pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniea and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from...