The diversity of Listeria monocytogenes strains from 10 Icelandic sheep farms

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 913-921

  Gudmundsdottir, K B ^a,b   Aalbaek, B ^b   Sigurdarson, S ^a   Gunnarsson, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Feed; Listeria monocytogenes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping; Serotyping; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FARMS; LISTERIA;

FEED; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

DISEASES;

GENETIC VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SHEEP FARMING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342638331     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02183.x     Document Type: Article

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