High prevalence of hyper-aerotolerant Campylobacter jejuni in retail poultry with potential implication in human infection

High prevalence of hyper-aerotolerant Campylobacter jejuni in retail poultry with potential implication in human infection

Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne illnesses around the world. Since C. jejuni is microaerophilic and sensitive to oxygen, aerotolerance is important in the transmission of C. jejuni to humans via foods under aerobic conditions. In this study, 70 C. jejuni strains were isolated fro...

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Main Authors: Euna eOh, Lynn eMcMullen, Byeonghwa eJeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Campylobacter jejuni
Oxidative Stress
Aerotolerance
MLST-genotyping
chicken isolates
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01263/full

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