A standardized conjugation protocol to asses antibiotic resistance transfer between lactococcal species

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 172-175

  Lampkowska, Joanna ^a   Feld, Louise ^b   Monaghan, Aine ^c   Toomey, Niamh ^c   Schjørring, Susanne ^e   Jacobsen, Bodil ^d   van der Voet, Hilko ^f   Andersen, Sigrid Rita ^b   Bolton, Declan ^c   Aarts, Henk ^f   Krogfelt, Karen A ^e   Wilcks, Andrea ^b   Bardowski, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Conjugation; Lactococcus lactis; Plasmids; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; FILTER MATING TECHNIQUE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIQUID MATING TECHNIQUE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SOLID MATING TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EQUUS ASINUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 51149124347     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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