Simple method to observe the adaptive response of Listeria monocytogenes in food

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 350-353

  Bolton, L F ^a   Frank, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; CONDITION; FOOD SYSTEM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NOVEL METHODS; OSMOTIC ADAPTATION; SIMPLE METHOD; SIMPLE++; VIABLE CELLS;

LISTERIA;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEESE; COLD STRESS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH; STRESS; TECHNIQUE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0033428084     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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