Isolation and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready-to-eat foods in Florida

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 5073-5076

  Shen, Yuelian ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^b   Cripe, Jennifer ^a   Conway, William ^c   Meng, Jianghong ^b   Hall, Grace ^a   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^c  

^a Florida Department of Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STRAIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ISOLATES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHENOTYPES;

GENES;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLORIDA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSOGENY; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SALMON; TIME FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33746031441     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00435-06     Document Type: Article

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