date:Nov 14, 2018
alla's research team acquired mix salads, rocket and spice plant coriander from various German supermarkets. The samples were then examined to determine the totality of the transmissible antibiotic resistance genes (the researchers speak of the 'transferable resistoma') in Escherichia coli, a mostly harmless intestinal bacterium on these foods. The experts focused on the part of the Escherichia coli bacteria that is resistant to tetracycline. This is because tetracycline antibiotics are used in