Virulence genes, antibiotic resistance and plasmid profiles of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium from naturally fermented Turkish foods

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1084-1092

  Ozmen Togay S ^a,b   Celebi Keskin A ^c   Acik L ^d   Temiz, A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; food borne enterococci; plasmid profile; virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; DNA; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; DISC DIFFUSION METHODS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FERMENTED FOODS; FOOD-BORNE ENTEROCOCCUS; PLASMID PROFILE; RESISTANCE PROFILES; TURKISHS; VIRULENCE GENE;

GENES;

AMPICILLIN; CAD PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SEX PHEROMONE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 77955797428     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04763.x     Document Type: Article

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