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Assessing the Risk of Probiotic Dietary Supplements in the Context of Antibiotic Resistance

Probiotic bacteria are known to harbor intrinsic and mobile genetic elements that confer resistance to a wide variety of antibiotics. Their high amounts in dietary supplements can establish a reservoir of antibiotic resistant genes in the human gut. These resistant genes can be transferred to pathog...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Min, Zhang, Ruijia, Tian, Xuechen, Zhou, Xuan, Pan, Xutong, Wong, Aloysius
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28579981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00908