Antibiotic resistances of starter and probiotic strains of lactic acid bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 730-739

  Hummel, Anja S ^a   Hertel, Christian ^b   Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^a   Franz, Charles M A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GENES; PROTEINS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIA;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAT GENE; ERMB GENE; EVALUATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GYRA GENE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS BFE 7441; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARC GENE; PEDIOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEESE; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROBIOTICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; YOGURT;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; PEDIOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846900427     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02105-06     Document Type: Article

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