Antibiotic resistance is lower in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from antibiotic-free raw meat as compared to conventional raw meat

• Kyler J. Haskell ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kyler J. Haskell, Samuel R. Schriever

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Samuel R. Schriever ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kyler J. Haskell, Samuel R. Schriever

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Kenisi D. Fonoimoana,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Benjamin Haws,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5355-5806

  ⨯
• Bryan B. Hair,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Trevor M. Wienclaw,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Joseph G. Holmstead,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Andrew B. Barboza,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Erik T. Berges,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Matthew J. Heaton,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  ⨯
• Bradford K. Berges

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: brad.berges@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0711-576X

  ⨯