The role of the sigB gene in the general stress response of Listeria monocytogenes varies between a strain of serotype 1/2a and a strain of serotype 4c

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 461-466

  Moorhead, Sandra M ^a   Dykes, Gary A ^b  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL; BACTERIOCIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SIGB GENE; STARVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BETAINE; CARNITINE; ETHANOL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041671049     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3867-6     Document Type: Article

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