A three-tiered approach to differentiate Listeria monocytogenes biofilm-forming abilities

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-210

  Marsh, Emily J ^a   Luo, Hongliang ^a   Wang, Hua ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm development; Honeycomb structure; Listeria monocytogenes; Strain variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0345447525     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00752-3     Document Type: Article

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