Relationship between variations in pathogenicity and lag phase at 37°C of Listeria monocytogenes previously stored at 4°C

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-22

  Buncic, S ^a   Avery, S M ^a  

^a Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD STORAGE; LISTERIA; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

L.MONOCYTOGENES; LAG PHASE; LAG PHASIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; POTASSIUM SORBATES; REFERENCE STRAINS; SODIUM ACETATE; VIABLE CELLS;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PH;

EID: 0030037895     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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