An Escherichia coli strain, PGB01, isolated from feral pigeon Faeces, thermally fit to survive in pigeon, shows high level resistance to trimethoprim.

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Published in PLoS One on March 09, 2015

Authors

Arvind Kumar1, Bipransh Kumar Tiwary2, Sangita Kachhap3, Ashis Kumar Nanda4, Ranadhir Chakraborty2

Author Affiliations

1: OMICS Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of North Bengal, Dist, Darjeeling, 734013, India; Lignocellulose Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, 110021, New Delhi.
2: OMICS Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of North Bengal, Dist, Darjeeling, 734013, India.
3: Bioinformatis Centre, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh, India.
4: Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Dist-Darjeeling, 734013, India.

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