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Antibiotic resistance and virulence traits of enterococci isolated from Baylough, an Irish artisanal cheese.
Journal of food protection - 1 Sept 2004
Gelsomino R, Huys G, D'Haene K, Vancanneyt M, Cogan T M, Franz C M A P, Swings J
Abstract excerpt
Eight representative Enterococcus strains from a collection of over 600 previously isolated from an Irish artisanal cheese were subjected to phenotypic and genotypic analysis of antibiotic resistance and virulence properties. Genes encoding resistance to tetracycline (tet(M) and tet(L)) and/or erythromycin (erm(B)) were detected in five strains. In addition, all strains contained two or more of the virulence...
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