Characterization of antimicrobial resistance in lactobacilli and bifidobacteria used as probiotics or starter cultures based on integration of phenotypic and in silico data

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 314, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Rozman, Vita ^a   Mohar Lorbeg, Petra ^a   Accetto, Tomaž ^a   Bogovič Matijašić, Bojana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bifidobacterium; Genomic island; Lactobacillus; Mobile genetic element; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEOME; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; BIOINFORMATICS; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; CIPROFLOXACIN RESISTANCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENOMIC ISLAND; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85074609451     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108388     Document Type: Article

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