High level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus, Pediococcus and Lactobacillus species from farm animals and commercial meat products

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 101-110

  Jaimee, George ^a   Halami, Prakash M ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Integrase; Lactic acid bacteria; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Random amplified polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957849742     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-015-1086-1     Document Type: Article

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