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

Biomed Environ Sci. 2015 Dec;28(12):924-7. doi: 10.3967/bes2015.128.

Authors

Ashraf M Ahmed¹, Akito Maruyama², Hazim O Khalifa², Toshi Shimamoto², Tadashi Tadashi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bacteriology, Mycology, and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, Egypt; Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
² Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.

PMID: 26777914
DOI: 10.3967/bes2015.128

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Food Microbiology*
Gram-Negative Bacteria / genetics
Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Integrons*
Japan
Seafood / microbiology*