Research Article

Functional Screening of Antibiotic Resistance Genes from a Representative Metagenomic Library of Food Fermenting Microbiota

Table 2

Summary of screening procedure and resulting AR recombinant library clones.

Pharmacological classAntibioticTargetE. coli MIC (mg/L)Library clones identifiedVerified by secondary screening

TetracyclinesTetracyclineRibosome540
AminoglycosidesKanamycin ,
gentamycin
Ribosome25 
12
2 
0
2 
MacrolidesErythromycinRibosomeResistant
Beta-lactamsAmpicillinCell wall2566
GlycopeptidesVancomycinCell wallResistant