The relationship between acid stress responses and virulence in Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Gahan, Cormac G M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance response; Listeria; Salmonella; Stress; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACID; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; INFECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRESS; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032789860     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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