Prevalence and characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated from Brazilian foods

Food Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 668-675

  Gomes, Bruna C ^a   Esteves, Carolina T ^a   Palazzo, Izabel C V ^a   Darini, Ana Lúcia C ^a   Felis, G E ^b   Sechi, Leonardo A ^b   Franco, Bernadette D G M ^a   De Martinis, Elaine C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteriocins; Brazilian foods; Enterococci; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRAZIL; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEESE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; CACO-2 CELLS; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 44649203354     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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