Occurrence and persistence of Listeria spp. in the environment of ewe and cow's milk cheese dairies in Portugal unveiled by an integrated analysis of identification, typing and spatial-temporal mapping along production cycle

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-63

  Chambel, Lélia ^a,b   Sol, Manuela ^c   Fernandes, Isabel ^c   Barbosa, Manuela ^c   Zilhão, Isabel ^a,b   Barata, Belarmino ^a,b   Jordan, Suzanne ^d   Perni, Stefano ^e   Shama, Gilbert ^e   Adrião, Andreia ^f   Faleiro, Leonor ^f   Requena, Teresa ^g   Peláez, Carmen ^g   Andrew, Peter W ^d   Tenreiro, Rogério ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada e Tecnologia   (Portugal)

^c INETI   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^g INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artisanal dairies; Dairy environment; Listeria spp.; Molecular identification; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; DAIRY PRODUCT; EWE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RISK; SCREENING; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI;

EID: 33947716774     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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