Characterisation of Persistent and Sporadic Listeria monocytogenes Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP)

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-545

  Autio, Tiina ^a,b   Keto Timonen, Riikka ^a   Lundén, Janne ^a   Björkroth, Johanna ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Listeria monocytogenes contamination; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis typing

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DAIRY PRODUCT; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

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

EID: 0345293362     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203770865846     Document Type: Article

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