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First identification of Tn916-like element in industrial strains of Lactobacillus vini that spread the tet-M resistance gene.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Feb 2016
Mendonça Allyson Andrade, de Lucena Brigida Thais Luckwu, de Morais Márcia Maria Camargo, de Morais Marcos Antonio
Abstract excerpt
The open process used to ferment sugar cane juice or molasses to produce ethanol fuel is prone to contamination by bacterial cells of different species, in particular Lactobacilli. The situation can be exacerbated by the emergence of resistant cells to industrial antibiotics that are normally used to combat this contamination. In this work, two Lactobacillus vini isolates from ethanol distilleries were identified...
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