Isolation and characterization of vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus cecorum from retail poultry in Japan

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-377

  Harada, Tetsuya ^a   Kawahara, Ryuji ^a   Kanki, Masashi ^a   Taguchi, Masumi ^a   Kumeda, Yuko ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterococcus cecorum; Poultry in Japan; VanA genotype; VRE

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; RNA 16S; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROILER; CHROMOSOME; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; FOOD CHAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POULTRY; RNA SEQUENCE; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHICKENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEAT; POINT MUTATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM;

EID: 84855931020     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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