Listeria monocytogenes occurrence and characterization in meat-producing plants

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-238

  Peccio, A ^a   Autio, T ^b   Korkeala, H ^b   Rosmini, R ^a   Trevisani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beef slaughterhouse; Epidemiological characterization; Listeria monocytogenes; Pork processing; REA PFGE

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; LISTERIA; MAMMALS; MEATS;

BEEF SLAUGHTERHOUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PROCESSING; MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS; PORK PROCESSING; PROCESSING FACILITIES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REA - PFGE;

STRAIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SAMPLING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0041877681     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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