Getting insight into the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in specimens of marketed edible insects

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 227, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-28

  Milanović, Vesna ^a   Osimani, Andrea ^a   Pasquini, Marina ^a   Aquilanti, Lucia ^a   Garofalo, Cristiana ^a   Taccari, Manuela ^a   Cardinali, Federica ^a   Riolo, Paola ^a   Clementi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insect based food; Nested PCR; Risk assessment; Transferable resistance determinant

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BEETLE; BOMBYX MORI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; ISOPTERA; LARVA; NETHERLANDS; POWDER; PREVALENCE; PUPA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORPION; SPECIES; THAILAND; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INSECTS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPIONS; THAILAND;

EID: 84961885163     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.03.018     Document Type: Article

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