Seafood as a Reservoir of Gram-negative Bacteria Carrying Integrons and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Japan

PCR and DNA sequencing were used to screen and characterize integrons and resistance genes in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from seafood products in Japan.A total of 215 Gram-negative bacteria were isolated from local and imported seafood samples collected from retail markets in Hiroshima Prefectu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biomedical and environmental sciences 2015-12, Vol.28 (12), p.924-927
Hauptverfasser: Ahmed, Ashraf M., Maruyama, Akito, Khalifa, Hazim O., Shimamoto, Toshi, Shimamoto, Tadashi
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Zusammenfassung:PCR and DNA sequencing were used to screen and characterize integrons and resistance genes in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from seafood products in Japan.A total of 215 Gram-negative bacteria were isolated from local and imported seafood samples collected from retail markets in Hiroshima Prefecture.
ISSN:0895-3988
2214-0190
DOI:10.3967/bes2015.128