Role of Listeria monocytogenes σB in survival of lethal acidic conditions and in the acquired acid tolerance response

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2692-2698

  Ferreira, Adriana ^a   Sue, David ^a   O'Byrne, Conor P ^b   Boor, Kathryn J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS;

HOMEOSTASIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; GROWTH CURVE; HOMEOSTASIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STOMACH JUICE; STRESS; WILD TYPE;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FOOD POISONING; GASTRIC JUICE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; PROTONS; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037545573     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2692-2698.2003     Document Type: Article

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