Prevalence and serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes in Portuguese live bivalve molluscs sampled in various steps along the sanitary control process

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1112-1116

  Pinto, Ana Luísa ^a,b   Teixeira, Paula ^a   Castilho, Fernanda ^b   Felício, Maria Teresa ^a,c   Pombal, Filomena ^b   Gibbs, Paul A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^d LEATHERHEAD FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Live bivalve molluscs; Prevalence; Sanitary control; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; DEPURATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PATHOGEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33746905091     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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