Effects of orally administered tetracycline on the intestinal community structure of chickens and on tet determinant carriage by commensal bacteria and Campylobacter jejuni

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5865-5872

  Fairchild, A S ^a   Smith, J L ^a   Idris, U ^a   Lu, J ^a   Sanchez, S ^a   Purvis, L B ^a   Hofacre, C ^a   Lee, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

FOOD-BORNE BACTERIA; POULTRY PRODUCTION; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (T-RFLP); TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTIOFUR; CLINDAMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NORDIFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; COMMENSALISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; REPRESSOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TETA GENE; TETB GENE; TETK GENE; TETL GENE; TETM GENE; TETO GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; INTESTINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POULTRY DISEASES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 26844541486     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.5865-5872.2005     Document Type: Article

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