Detection, Genophenotypic Characterization, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Microbial Contaminants

Affiliations

Sunghyun Yoon: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
Sandeep Kondakala: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
Minjae Kim: Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, 711 Oval Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Steven L. Foley: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
Ohgew Kweon: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
Seongjae Kim: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA

Abstract

Microbial contamination is the inadvertent presence of microbes or their byproducts in materials or environments [...]