Heavy-metal and benzalkonium chloride resistance of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from the environment of Turkey-processing plants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1464-1468

  Mullapudi, S ^a   Siletzky, R M ^a   Kathariou, S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANTS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARSENIC; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEAVY METAL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; CADMIUM; DISINFECTION; FOOD PROCESSING; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 40549134476     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02426-07     Document Type: Article

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