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SUBMITTER: Lang KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2916469 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lang Kevin S KS Anderson Janet M JM Schwarz Stefan S Williamson Lynn L Handelsman Jo J Singer Randall S RS
Applied and environmental microbiology 20100611 15
Functional metagenomics was used to search for florfenicol resistance genes in libraries of cloned DNA isolated from Alaskan soil. A gene that mediated reduced susceptibility to florfenicol was identified and designated pexA. The predicted PexA protein showed a structure similar to that of efflux pumps of the major facilitator superfamily. ...[more]