Plasmid-mediated resistance to antimicrobial agents among listeriae

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1459-1464

  Lemaître, Jean Paul ^a   Echchannaoui, H ^a   Michaut, G ^a   Divies, C ^a   Rousset, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHEESE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FOOD SAFETY; HEXAMIDINE ISETIONATE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PLASMID;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032213619     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.11.1459     Document Type: Article

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