Virulent rough filaments of Listeria monocytogenes from clinical and food samples secreting wild-type levels of cell-free p60 protein

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2643-2648

  Rowan, Neil J ^a   Candlish, Alan A G ^a   Bubert, Andreas ^b   Anderson, John G ^a   Kramer, Karl ^c   McLauchlin, Jim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL INVASION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELA CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033915414     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2643-2648.2000     Document Type: Article

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