Enterococci at the crossroads of food safety?

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Franz, Charles M A P ^a   Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^b   Stiles, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BFE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic Resistance; Bacteriocins; Colonisation; Enterococcus; Foods; Gene transfer mechanisms; Pathogenicity; Probiotics; Sources; Taxonomy; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LACTIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEESE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES MICROFLORA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LISTERIA; MEAT INDUSTRY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOCINS; CATTLE; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; PHYLOGENY; PROBIOTICS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LISTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP D';

EID: 0033103953     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00007-0     Document Type: Review

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