A comparison of Listeria monocytogenes serovar 4b isolates of clinical and food origin in Japan by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-206

  Nakama, Akiko ^a   Terao, Michinori ^b   Kokubo, Yataro ^a   Itoh, Takeshi ^a   Maruyama, Tsutomu ^c   Kaneuchi, Choji ^c   McLauchlin, James ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Niigata Prefectural Research Laboratory for Health and Environment   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Typing

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; JAPAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EUROPE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032555091     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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