Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistome in Ready-to-Eat Salad

• Main Authors: Shu- (Author), Meng-Yun Wei (Author), Madeline Giles (Author), Roy Neilson (Author), Fei Zheng (Author), Qi Zhang (Author), Yong-Guan Zhu (Author), Xiao-Ru Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ready-to-eat salad harbors microorganisms that may carry various antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, few studies have focused on the prevalence of ARGs on salad, thus underestimating the risk of ARGs transferring from salad to consumers. In this small-scale study, high-throughput quantitati...