Antibiotic resistance and incidence of Enterococcus species in Turkish white cheese

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Çitak, Sumru ^a   Yucel, Nihal ^a   Orhan, Sati ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus; Turkish white cheese

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSAFETY; CHEESE; CHEESEMAKING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; FOOD MICROBIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DISPAR; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII;

EID: 1042302797     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0307.2004.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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