Listeria monocytogenes in the Chinese food system: Strain characterization through partial actA sequencing and tissue-culture pathogenicity assays

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-224

  Zhou, Xiaohui ^a,c   Jiao, Xinan ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^b  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTA GENE; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FREEZING; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ACTA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CACO-2 CELLS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14544288674     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45882-0     Document Type: Article

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