Involvement, and dissemination, of the enterococcal small multidrug resistance transporter QacZ in resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds | Zendy

Teresa M. Braga | Zendy; Paulo E. Marujo | Zendy; Constança Pomba | Zendy; Maria de Fátima Silva Lopes | Zendy

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Involvement, and dissemination, of the enterococcal small multidrug resistance transporter QacZ in resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds

Author(s) -

Teresa M. Braga,

Paulo E. Marujo,

Constança Pomba,

Maria de Fátima Silva Lopes

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkq460

Subject(s) - ethidium bromide , benzalkonium chloride , microbiology and biotechnology , efflux , enterococcus faecalis , biocide , enterococcus , multiple drug resistance , chemistry , biology , gene , drug resistance , biochemistry , escherichia coli , antibiotics , chromatography , dna , organic chemistry

To investigate the role of a putative small multidrug resistance transporter, annotated in Enterococcus faecalis V583 genome as EFA0010 (we will refer to this gene as qacZ), in decreased susceptibility to biocides.

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