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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2000, p. 2530-2533, Vol. 44, No. 9
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Identification of a Plasmid-Borne Chloramphenicol-Florfenicol Resistance Gene in Staphylococcus sciuri

Institut für Tierzucht und Tierverhalten der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Braunschweig (FAL), 29223 Celle,¹ and Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektions- und Seuchenmedizin, Tierärztliche Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539 Munich,² Germany

Received 18 January 2000/Returned for modification 23 March 2000/Accepted 14 June 2000

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