Evaluation of the pathogenicity of Listeria spp. in Caenorhabditis elegans

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-73

  Forrester, Stacyann ^a   Milillo, Sara Rose ^a   Hoose, Wendy A ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   Schwab, Ute ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI OP50; FOOD ORGANISM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE VECTORS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LURIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33947528016     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.64     Document Type: Article

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