A comparison of selected methods for measuring the virulence properties of Listeria spp.

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-307

  Chiu, Sally ^a,b   Vanderlinde, Paul B ^c   Dykes, Gary A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Pathogenicity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; GENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA STRAINS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

LISTERIOLYSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROKINESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33745771531     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W05-129     Document Type: Article

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