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Transfer Of Ampicillin Resistance From S. Typhimurium Dt104 To E. Coli K12 In Food, Ciara Walsh, Geraldine Duffy, R. O'Mahoney, D. A. Mcdowell, Seamus Fanning
Transfer Of Ampicillin Resistance From S. Typhimurium Dt104 To E. Coli K12 In Food, Ciara Walsh, Geraldine Duffy, R. O'Mahoney, D. A. Mcdowell, Seamus Fanning
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Aims: To investigate the transfer of antibiotic resistance from a donor Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 strain to a recipient Escherichia coli K12 strain.
Methods and Results: Mating experiments were conducted in broth, milk and ground meat (beef) at incubation temperatures of 4, 15, 25 and 37°C for 18 and 36 h. Ampicillin-resistance transfer was observed at similar frequencies in all transfer media at 25 and 37°C (10−4 to 10−5 log10 CFU ml g−1, transconjugants per recipient) for 18 h. At 15°C, transfer was observed in ground meat in the recipient strain (10−6, log10 …