Chicken liver is a potential reservoir of bacteriophages and phage-derived particles containing antibiotic resistance genes.

ABSTRACT: Poultry meat production is one of the most important agri-food industries in the world. The selective pressure exerted by widespread prophylactic or therapeutic use of antibiotics in intensive chicken farming favours the development of drug resistance in bacterial populations. Chicken liver, closely connected with the intestinal tract, has been directly involved in food-borne infections and found to be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, including Campylobacter and Salmonella. In this study, 74 chicken livers, divided into sterile and non-sterile groups, were analysed, not only for microbial indicators but also for the presence of phages and phage particles containing antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Both bacteria and phages were detected in liver tissues, including those dissected u

SUBMITTER: Blanco-Picazo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9437878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature