Characterization of toxin production of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from food and starter cultures

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Zell, Christiane ^a   Resch, Marion ^b   Rosenstein, Ralf ^a   Albrecht, Till ^a   Hertel, Christian ^c   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c German Institute of Food Technologies DIL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Enterotoxin; Food safety; Hemolysin; Starter culture

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; EXFOLIATIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STARTER CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COAGULASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROTOXINS; EXFOLIATINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CONDIMENTI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PISCIFERMENTANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SUCCINUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 52949126938     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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