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Isolation and Visualization of Plasmids from Gram-Positive Bacteria of Interest in Public Health

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This chapter describes the methods to extract and characterize plasmids of Gram-positive bacterial species of interest in public health (biomedicine, veterinary, and food safety) as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Listeria, and Clostridium and lactic acid bacteria. References for detailed plasmid classification are given in order to provide a comprehensive landscape in the interpretation of their plasmidomes.

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  1. Laboratory of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Ana R. Freitas, Carla Novais & Luísa Peixe

  2. Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal Research Institute (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

    Teresa M. Coque

  3. CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

    Teresa M. Coque

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Freitas, A.R., Novais, C., Peixe, L., Coque, T.M. (2020). Isolation and Visualization of Plasmids from Gram-Positive Bacteria of Interest in Public Health. In: de la Cruz, F. (eds) Horizontal Gene Transfer. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2075. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9877-7_2

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