Update on antibiotic resistance in foodborne Lactobacillus and Lactococcus species

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Devirgiliis, Chiara ^a   Zinno, Paola ^a   Perozzi, Giuditta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AR genes; Dairy fermentation; Fermented food; Growth promoters; Horizontal gene transfer; Lactic acid bacteria; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; POLYMYXIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS RESISTANCE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD POISONING; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LIVESTOCK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84885393724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00301     Document Type: Article

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