Variations in tolerance of listeria monocytogenes to nisin, pediocin PA-1 and bavaricin A

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 275-278

  Rasch, M ^a   Knochel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASES; LISTERIA; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGAR PLATES; CROSS RESISTANCE; INHIBITED GROWTH; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NORMAL GROWTH; PEDIOCIN; PEDIOCIN PA-1; STRAIN VARIATION;

STRAIN;

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BAVARICIN A; CHRISIN; NISIN; PEDIOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031771680     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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