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Article: Susceptibility of Lactobacillus spp. to antimicrobial agents studied.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- April 4, 2003
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2003 APR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Denmark recently reported their findings on the susceptibility of various species of Lactobacillus to antimicrobial agents.
They said this work "is a prerequisite for differentiating putative transferable resistance from natural resistance."
"Bacteria used as probiotics or in starter cultures may serve as hosts of antibiotic resistance genes, which can be transferred to pathogenic bacteria. Before launching a starter culture or a probiotic product into the market, it is therefore important to verify that the single bacterial isolates (strains) do not contain transferable resistance genes," stated ...