Susceptibility to tetracycline and erythromycin of Lactobacillus paracasei strains isolated from traditional Italian fermented foods

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Comunian, Roberta ^a   Daga, Elisabetta ^a   Dupré, Ilaria ^a   Paba, Antonio ^a   Devirgiliis, Chiara ^b   Piccioni, Valeria ^b   Perozzi, Giuditta ^b   Zonenschain, Daniela ^c   Rebecchi, Annalisa ^c   Morelli, Lorenzo ^c   De Lorentiis, Angela ^b   Giraffa, Giorgio ^b  

^a AGRIS Sardegna   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Food; Gene expression; Lactobacillus paracasei; MIC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE METHYLASE B; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE METHYLASE C; PROTEIN TETL; PROTEIN TETM; PROTEIN TETS; PROTEIN TETW; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMALIA; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI;

EID: 77149139852     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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