Safety assessment of dairy microorganisms: The Enterococcus genus

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-301

  Ogier, Jean Claude ^a   Serror, Pascale ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Dairy use; Enterococcus; Human safety; Taxonomy; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROSS RESISTANCE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FERMENTATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CHEESE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 50349083332     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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