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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Junshun
Other Authors: Yang Liang
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60299