Presence and potential for horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance in oxidase-positive bacteria populating raw salad vegetables

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Bezanson, G S ^a   MacInnis, R ^a   Potter, G ^a   Hughes, T ^a  

^a Agriculture and AgriFood Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Integrons; Oxidase positive bacteria; R plasmids; Salad vegetables

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALFALFA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; LETTUCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; R PLASMID; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; SPINACH; VEGETABLE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; LETTUCE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VEGETABLES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; LACTUCA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 50949087615     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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