Bacteriophages contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance genes among foodborne pathogens of the Enterobacteriaceae family - A review

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Colavecchio, Anna ^a   Cadieux, Brigitte ^a   Lo, Amanda ^a   Goodridge, Lawrence D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteriophage; Environment; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Foodborne pathogens; Horizontal gene transfer; Non typhoidal Salmonella; Transduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAMILY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 85021235300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01108     Document Type: Review

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