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The susceptibility toward antibiotics was determined by disc and MIC methods in Lactobacillus and, for comparison, in Escherichia coli strains isolated from cloacal swabs of broiler chickens derived from various farms in Slovakia. The occurrence of acquired tetracycline resistance in E. coli and lactobacilli isolated from the same sample was similar. The presence of tet(M), tet(S), tet(L) and ermB genes was demonstrated in lactobacilli while the tet(M) gene was not detected in E. coli.
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Abbreviations
- GIT:
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gastrointestinal tract
- MIC:
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minimum inhibitory concentration
- MICxG:
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geometric mean of MIC
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Kmeť, V., Piatnicová, E. Antibiotic resistance in commensal intestinal microflora. Folia Microbiol 55, 332–335 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-010-0052-3
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