Persistence of antibiotic resistance: Evaluation of a probiotic approach using antibiotic-sensitive Megasphaera elsdenii strains to prevent colonization of swine by antibiotic-resistant strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7158-7166

  Stanton, Thad B ^a   Humphrey, Samuel B ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOTAS; NEWBORN PIGLET; PROBIOTICS; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT STRAINS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; TYLOSIN; WET WEIGHT;

BACTERIA; GENES; MAMMALS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INOCULATION; PHENOTYPE; PIG; POLYMORPHISM; WEANING;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEGASPHAERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MEGASPHAERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROBIOTICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

EID: 82955194467     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00647-11     Document Type: Article

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