Tetracycline resistance associated with commensal bacteria from representative ready-to-consume deli and restaurant foods

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1841-1848

  Li, Xiaojing ^a   Wang, Hua H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROCHOTHRIX; CARNOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 78649387692     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.10.1841     Document Type: Article

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