Genetic characterization of thermal tolerance in Enterobacter sakazakii

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 671-677

  Asakura, Hiroshi ^a   Morita Ishihara, Tomoko ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shigeki ^a   Igimi, Shizunobu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterobacter sakazakii; infB; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 34547126923     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03955.x     Document Type: Article

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