%0 Journal Article %1 bioMut %A Savage, V J %A Chopra, I %A O'Neill, A J %D 2013 %J Antimicrob Agents Chemother %K masters %N 4 %P 1968-1970 %R 10.1128/AAC.02008-12 %T Staphylococcus aureus biofilms promote horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623343/ %V 57 %X Growth as a biofilm facilitates the emergence of antibiotic resistance by mutation in Staphylococcus aureus. Here we demonstrate that biofilm growth of this species also dramatically increases horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance determinants by conjugation/mobilization and that standard laboratory practices to induce conjugation in staphylococci achieve optimal efficiency owing to the presence of a biofilm.

@article{bioMut, abstract = {Growth as a biofilm facilitates the emergence of antibiotic resistance by mutation in Staphylococcus aureus. Here we demonstrate that biofilm growth of this species also dramatically increases horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance determinants by conjugation/mobilization and that standard laboratory practices to induce conjugation in staphylococci achieve optimal efficiency owing to the presence of a biofilm.}, added-at = {2015-03-19T17:06:06.000+0100}, author = {Savage, V J and Chopra, I and O'Neill, A J}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/267b132b1c9effc4765d54420a0df7a18/ross_mck}, description = {Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Promote Horizontal Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance}, doi = {10.1128/AAC.02008-12}, interhash = {88a8da46ed1be2b643cd87a6cee8629a}, intrahash = {67b132b1c9effc4765d54420a0df7a18}, journal = {Antimicrob Agents Chemother}, keywords = {masters}, month = apr, number = 4, pages = {1968-1970}, pmid = {23357771}, timestamp = {2015-03-19T17:06:06.000+0100}, title = {Staphylococcus aureus biofilms promote horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623343/}, volume = 57, year = 2013 }