Characterization of Lactococcus garvieae isolated from radish and broccoli sprouts that exhibited a KG+ phenotype, lack of virulence and absence of a capsule

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 481-487

  Kawanishi, M ^a   Yoshida, T ^b   Kijima, M ^a   Yagyu, K ^a   Nakai, T ^c   Okada, S ^d   Endo, A ^d   Murakami, M ^e   Suzuki, S ^a   Morita, H ^e  

^a National Veterinary Assay Laboratory   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broccoli sprout; Japan; Lactococcus garvieae; Phage and pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Phathogenicity; Radish sprouts; Seriola

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

BROCCOLI SPROUTS; JAPAN; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; MUTANT STRAIN; PHAGE AND PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PHATHOGENICITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADISH SPROUT; SERIOLUM;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

AMINOACYLASE; RNA 16S; SUCROSE; TAGATOSE;

BACTERIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; RNA; STRAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; PATHOGENICITY; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPE; RODENT; VEGETABLE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROCCOLI; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADISH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; MUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SERIOLA;

EID: 34247332740     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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