Antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in enterococci from wild game meat in Spain

Food Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 156-164

  Guerrero Ramos, Emilia ^a   Cordero, Jorge ^b   Molina González, Diana ^c   Poeta, Patrícia ^d,e   Igrejas, Gilberto ^d   Alonso Calleja, Carlos ^b,c   Capita, Rosa ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c University of León   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Enterococcus; Game meat; Spain; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PIG; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RABBIT; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLUMBIDAE; DEER; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; MEAT; RABBITS; SPAIN; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84942801663     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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