Gene, dubbed fosA7, confers high level of resistance to fosfomycin, an antibiotic used to eliminate infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria.
A team of investigators from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada has discovered a gene that confers resistance to the broad-spectrum antibiotic fosfomycin. The researchers found the gene in isolates of the pathogen Salmonella enterica from broiler chickens.
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