Genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity in Enterococcus isolates from Batzos, a raw goat milk cheese

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-120

  Psoni, L ^a   Kotzamanides, C ^b   Andrighetto, C ^c   Lombardi, A ^c   Tzanetakis, N ^a   Litopoulou Tzanetaki, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Sugar Industry SA   (Greece)

^c Istituto per la Qualita e le Tecnologie Agroalimentari   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidification; Enterococci; Microbial heterogeneity; PFGE; Plasmid DNA; Proteolysis; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; CASEIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HEMOLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CHEESE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GOATS; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646465009     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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