Genus-wide assessment of antibiotic resistance in Lactobacillus spp

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Campedelli, Ilenia ^a   Mathur, Harsh ^b,c   Salvetti, Elisa ^b,d   Clarke, Siobhán ^c   Rea, Mary C ^b,c   Torriani, Sandra ^a   Ross, R Paul ^b,d   Hill, Colin ^b,d   O'Toole, Paul W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Genomics; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; GENOMICS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOPHILUS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PROBIOTICS;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS INGLUVIEI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 85059753645     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01738-18     Document Type: Article

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