Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli in Chicken Meat and Edible Poultry Organs Collected from Retail Shops and Supermarkets of North Western Province in Sri Lanka

Figure 1

Multiplex PCR image of bacterial DNA extracted from isolated E. coli colonies of chicken meat and edible meat organs collected from retail shops and supermarkets in the North Western Province using LacZ3 and YaiO primers. Lanes; 1, 100-bp molecular marker (Vivantis, Malaysia); 2, Escherichia coli-positive control; 3, Escherichia coli-negative control; 4, technical negative control; 5–12, E. coli DNA isolated from chicken meat and edible organs from retail shops and supermarkets; 13, 100-bp molecular marker (Vivantis, Malaysia).