Occurrence and ribotypes of Listeria monocytogenes in Gorgonzola cheeses

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-293

  Manfreda, Gerardo ^a   De Cesare, Alessandra ^a   Stella, Simone ^b   Cozzi, Massimo ^b   Cantoni, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated ribotyping; Gorgonzola; Listeria monocytogenes; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RIBOTYPING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SHELF LIFE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

CHEESE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; RIBOTYPING; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 21844466955     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.11.045     Document Type: Article

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