Acid and heat tolerance of persistent and nonpersistent Listeria monocytogenes food plant strains

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-280

  Lunden J ^a   Tolvanen, R ^a   Korkeala, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid; Contamination; Heat; Listeria monocytogenes; Persistence; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; LISTERIA; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; FOOD PLANTS; HEAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS; PERSISTENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

STRAIN;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ACID; BACTERIUM; PERSISTENCE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL COUNT; GENOTYPE; HEAT TOLERANCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STUDENT T TEST;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 38349160445     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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