Lectin reactivity and virulence among strains of Listeria monocytogenes determined in vitro using the enterocyte-like cell line Caco-2

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-118

  Facinelli, Bruna ^a   Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a   Magi, Gloria ^a   Biavasco, Francesca ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lectins; Listeria monocytogenes; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; LECTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031962616     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-1-109     Document Type: Article

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