Characterisation and transferability of antibiotic resistance genes from lactic acid bacteria isolated from Irish pork and beef abattoirs

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Toomey, Niamh ^a   Bolton, Declan ^a   Fanning, Séamus ^b  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Gene transfer; Irish meat plants; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE A PROTEIN; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE A; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE B; PROTEIN AADA; PROTEIN AADE; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN RESISTANCE A PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN RESISTANCE B PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE M PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE S PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ABATTOIRS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IRELAND; LACTIC ACID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS;

EID: 77949914618     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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