Atypical colonial morphology and low recoveries of Listeria monocytogenes strains on Oxford, PALCAM, Rapid'L.mono and ALOA solid media

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-258

  Leclercq, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Detection; Enumeration; Listeria monocytogenes; Media

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; ESCULIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MANNITOL; POLYMYXIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD; INCUBATION TIME; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 1842614242     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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