Phages and other mobile virulence elements in gram-positive pathogens

Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2002;264(2):79-94.

Authors

C Gentry-Weeks¹, P S Coburn, M S Gilmore

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80823, USA.

PMID: 12012871

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacillus cereus / genetics
Bacterial Capsules / genetics
Bacteriophages / genetics*
Conjugation, Genetic
DNA Transposable Elements*
DNA, Bacterial
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Conversion
Gram-Positive Bacteria / genetics*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / pathogenicity*
Gram-Positive Bacteria / virology
Humans
Lysogeny
Plasmids
Rhodococcus equi / genetics
Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics
Virulence

Substances

DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial