Perreten, Vincent; Schwarz, Franziska; Cresta, Luana; Boeglin, Marianne; Dasen, Gottfried; Teuber, Michael (1997). Antibiotic resistance spread in food. Nature, 389(6653), pp. 801-802. Macmillan Journals Ltd. 10.1038/39767
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Nutritive and therapeutic treatment of farm animals with antibiotics, amounting to half of the world's antibiotic output, has selected for resistant bacteria that may contaminate the food produced. Antibiotic-resistant enterococci and staphylococci from animals are found in food when they survive the production processes, as in raw cured sausages and raw milk cheeses1. The broad host ranges of some plasmids and the action of transposons in many bacteria allow antibiotic-resistance genes to be communicated by conjugation between different species and genera2,3. A multi-antibiotic resistance plasmid from a lactococcus found in cheese provides a historical record of such events.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Perreten, Vincent |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
0028-0836 |
Publisher: |
Macmillan Journals Ltd. |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Vincent Perreten |
Date Deposited: |
01 Sep 2014 09:11 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/39767 |
PubMed ID: |
9349809 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/52030 |
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