Recent investigations and updated criteria for the assessment of antibiotic resistance in food lactic acid bacteria

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 394-398

  Clementi, Francesca ^a   Aquilanti, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Commensal bacteria; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84655169912     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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