Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Cassettes, and Plasmids Present in Salmonella enterica Associated With United States Food Animals

The ability of antimicrobial resistance (AR) to transfer, on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) between bacteria, can cause the rapid establishment of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria from animals, thus creating a foodborne risk to human health. To investigate MDR and its association with plasmids...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A. McMillan, Sushim K. Gupta, Laura E. Williams, Thomas Jové, Lari M. Hiott, Tiffanie A. Woodley, John B. Barrett, Charlene R. Jackson, Jamie L. Wasilenko, Mustafa Simmons, Glenn E. Tillman, Michael McClelland, Jonathan G. Frye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00832/full