Development of multiple strain competitive index assays for Listeria monocytogenes using pIMC; a new site-specific integrative vector

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Monk, Ian R ^a,b   Casey, Pat G ^b   Cronin, Michael ^a   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a,b   Hill, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LD 50; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MURINAE; MUS; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VIRULENCE;

EID: 46149125285     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-96     Document Type: Article

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