Figure 2.

Frequency of antimicrobial-resistance genes identified in fresh cheese samples, by drug group and resistance mechanism. PEN—penicillins; CEF—cephalosporins; MON—monobactams; CAR—carbapenems; TET—tetracyclines; AMG—aminoglycosides; FEN—phenicols; MAC—macrolides; LIN—lincosamides; PLE—pleuromutilins; PEP—peptide antibiotics; FOS—phosphomicin; FLQ—fluoroquinolones; SUL—sulphonamides; DIA—diaminopyrimidines; RIF—rifamicins; NIT—nitroimidazoles; DIS—disinfectants; AMC—aminocoumarins. The numbers in the bar chart represent the exact number of pieces of each resistance mechanism.