Direct detection of antibiotic resistance genes in specimens of chicken and pork meat

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Garofalo, Cristiana ^a   Vignaroli, Carla ^a   Zandri, Giada ^a   Aquilanti, Lucia ^a   Bordoni, Donatella ^a   Osimani, Andrea ^a   Clementi, Francesca ^a   Biavasco, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Direct DNA recovery; Meat samples; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AAC 6' IE APH 2'' IA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; BLAZ GENE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERM A GENE; ERM B GENE; ERM C GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; MEAT; MECA GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; TET K GENE; TET M GENE; TET O GENE; VANA GENE; VANB GENE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845574197     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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