Incidence of antibiotic resistance and virulence determinants among Enterococcus italicus isolates from dairy products

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-517

  Maietti, Ludovica ^a   Bonvini, Barbara ^a   Huys, Geert ^b   Giraffa, Giorgio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Dairy products; Enterococcus italicus; Food safety; Non starter LAB microflora; tet(S); Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; INTEGRASE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACE GENE; AGG GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASAI GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSAFETY; CHEESE; CPD GENE; CYLA GENE; CYLB GENE; CYLM GENE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS ITALICUS; FOOD SAFETY; GELE GENE; GENOTYPE; HYL EFM GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TET L GENE; TET M GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ENTEROCOCCUS ITALICUS;

EID: 34547184549     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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