Antimicrobial resistance and food safety : methods and techniques / editors, Chin-Yi Chen, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA, USA, Xianghe Yan, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA, USA, Charlene R. Jackson, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, GA, USA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens / Patrick Butaye, Maria Angeles Argud and John Threlfall -- 2. Antimicrobial resistance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli / Jinru Chen -- 3. Antibiotic resistance in pathogenic Salmonella / Steven C. Ricke and Juliany Rivera Calo -- 4. Antimicrobial resistance and Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli / Mirko Rossi, Satu Olkkola, Mati Roasto, Rauni Kivist诠and Marja-Liisa-H衮ninen -- 5. Antimicrobial resistance in Yersinia enterocolitica / Anna Fabrega, Clara BallestDelpierre and Jordi Vila -- 6. Antimicrobial resistance in Vibrio species / Craig Baker-Austin -- 7. Antimicrobial resistance in Shigella species / Keith A. Lampel -- 8. Antimicrobial resistance in Listeria spp. / Nathan A. Jarvis, Philip G. Crandall, Corliss A. O'Bryan and Steven C. Ricke -- 9. Antibiotic resistance in Enterococci : a food safety perspective / Anuradha Ghosh and Ludek Zurek -- 10. Clostridium difficile: a food safety concern? / Jane W. Marsh and Lee H. Harrison -- 11. Methods for the detection of antimicrobial resistance and the characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from food-producing animals and food of animal origin / Kristina Kadlec, Sarah Wendlandt, Andrea T. Fessler and Stefan Schwarz -- 12. Non-phenotypic tests to detect and characterize antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Enterobacteriaceae / Agnese Lupo, Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace, Robert A. Bonomo and Andrea Endimiani -- 13. Monitoring and surveillance : the national antimicrobial resistance monitoring system / Emily Crarey, Claudine Kabera and Heather Tate -- 14. Risk assessment of antimicrobial resistance / H. Gregg Claycamp -- 15. Food microbial safety and animal antibiotics / Louis Anthony (Tony) Cox -- 16. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes in the water-food nexus of the agricultural environment / Pei-Ying Hong -- 17. Development and application of novel antimicrobials in food and food processing / Yangjin Jung and Karl R. Matthews -- 18. Database resources dedicated to antimicrobial peptides / Guangshun Wang -- 19. Metabolic network analysis-based identification of antimicrobial drug target in pathogenic bacteria / Vinayak Kapatral -- 20. Application of metagenomic technologies for antimicrobial resistance and food safety research and beyond / Chin-Yi Chen, Xianghe Yan, Siyun Wang and Charlene R. Jackson.