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Multidrug-resistant and epidemic clones of Escherichia coli from natural beds of Venus clam.
Food microbiology - 1 Oct 2016
Vignaroli C, Di Sante L, Leoni F, Chierichetti S, Ottaviani D, Citterio B, Biavasco F
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Epidemic Escherichia coli clones have been recovered in marine sediment along the coast of Marche, an Adriatic region in central Italy. In the present study, E. coli strains from the clam Chamelea gallina, sampled from seven natural beds in the same area, were detected. Selected E. coli isolates from all sampling sites were screened for antimicrobial susceptibility, genetic diversity and correlation. The majority...
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