The rate of horizontal transmission of antibiotic resistance plasmids is increased in food preservation-stressed bacteria

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1883-1888

  Mc Mahon, M A S ^a   Blair, I S ^a   Moore, J E ^b   Mc Dowell, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Food preservation; Plasmid transfer; Salmonella serotype Typhimurium; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; ELASTICITY; FOOD PRESERVATION; OSMOSIS; SALMONELLA;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; HIGH/LOW TEMPERATURE; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSIONS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH STRESS; PLASMID TRANSFER; PRE-STRESSED; SALMONELLA SEROTYPE TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE TYPHIMURIUM; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FOOD PROCESSING; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASMID; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 35448930792     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03412.x     Document Type: Article

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