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- “The magnitude of the antibiotic resistance (AR) gene pool in food-borne
commensal microbes is yet to be revealed.” - “The presence of 10^2 - 10^7 CFU of ART bacteria per gram of foods in many
samples, particularly in ready-to -eat, ‘healthy’ food items, indicates that the ART
bacteria are abundant in the food chain.” - “Streptococcus thermophiles was found to be a major host for AR genes in
cheese microbiota.” - “The data indicate that food could be an important avenue for ART bacterial
evolution and dissemination.” - “Bacterial transmission of AR genes from milk, pork, shrimp, salad ingredients,
and numerous cheese types to ‘oral residential bacterium’ were documented.” - “Oral cavity could be an important area where many initial interactions between
food microbes and human microbiota, including horizontal gene transfer events
such as conjugation and transformation, might take place during the retention of
food residues in the oral cavity.”
Want H., et al. (2006). Food commensal microbes as a potentially important avenue in
transmitting antibiotic resistance genes. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 254. pg. 226-231.
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- “The magnitude of the antibiotic resistance (AR) gene pool in food-borne
commensal microbes is yet to be revealed.” - “The presence of 10^2 - 10^7 CFU of ART bacteria per gram of foods in many
samples, particularly in ready-to -eat, “healthy” food items, indicates that the
ART bacteria are abundant in the food chain.” - “Streptococcus thermophiles was found to be a major host for AR genes in
cheese microbiota.” - “The data indicate that food could be an important avenue for ART bacterial
evolution and dissemination.” - “Bacterial transmission of AR genes from milk, pork, shrimp, salad ingredients,
and numerous cheese types to “oral residential bacterium” were documented.” - “Oral cavity could be an important area where many initial interactions between
food microbes and human microbiota, including horizontal gene transfer events