Characterization and horizontal transfer of class 1 integrons in Salmonella strains isolated from food products of animal origin

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-277

  Meng, Hecheng ^a,b   Zhang, Zhigang ^b   Chen, Miaorui ^b   Su, Yongyu ^b   Li, Lin ^a,b   Miyoshi, Shin ichi ^c   Yan, He ^a,b   Shi, Lei ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Food Safety Technology for Meat Products   (China)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Class 1 integron; Gene transfer; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN MEAT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; MEAT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORK; SALMONELLA; SEA FOOD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MEAT; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEAFOOD; SWINE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 80051589603     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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