For quite some time, scientists have been warning about the antibiotic-resistant salad microbe, Listeria monocytogenes, due to the fact that it's fairly difficult to fight it off the body once it's entered; however, new findings have shown that it may not be as widespread as had been originally thought.
Though not every strain of Listeria monocytogenes is an antibiotic resistant salad microbe, there are a few strains that are, and those have been the ones long concerning scientists everywhere; however, considerably more than half of the strains of the microbe will actually succumb to at least one type of antibiotic when treated.
According to Science Daily, the new study regarding the dangers of the antibiotic salad resistant microbe comes from research by Inderscience in Malaysia, and it was published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, under the title "Characterization of L. monocytogenes strains isolated from salad vegetables."
As Medical Express reports, the fear of an antibiotic resistant salad component has been fairly present for decades, as the idea of the body and microbes ultimately resisting antibiotics has been around ever since the first of these medicines first came out; however, the existence of "superbugs," the idea that there are evolved microbes that can resist even the newest and most technologically developed antibiotics, has been growing in the past few years.
However, as far as the antibiotic resistant salad microbe Listeria monocytogenes is concerned, it seems things are far from being out of control; as Examiner reports, scientists found that strains of the microbe, which fall into six different groups, perfectly separable, all of whom can be found on salad products; ultimately, 82 percent of those strains are actually susceptible to at least one of the sixteen most common antibiotics.
This can put the majority of the antibiotic resistant salad microbe fears to rest.
