Activity and expression of a virulence factor, gelatinase, in dairy enterococci

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-214

  Lopes, Maria de Fátima Silva ^a   Simões, Ana Patrícia ^a   Tenreiro, Rogério ^b   Marques, José Joaquim Figueiredo ^c   Crespo, Maria Teresa Barreto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dairy enterococci; Gelatinase; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DISPAR; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FSRA GENE; FSRB GENE; FSRC GENE; GELE GENE; GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRE GENE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GELATINASES; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DISPAR; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 33750733333     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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