Horizontal transfer of vanA between probiotic Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis in fermented soybean meal and in digestive tract of growing pigs

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the intergeneric transfer of vancomycin resistance gene vanA between probiotic enterococci in the fermentation progress of soybean meal and in the digestive tract of growing pigs. One vanA genotype vancomycin resistant E. faecium strain, E...

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Main Authors: Ning Li, Haitao Yu, Hongbin Liu, Yuming Wang, Junyan Zhou, Xi Ma, Zheng Wang, Chengtao Sun, Shiyan Qiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-019-0341-x