Prevalence, genetic diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from open-air food markets in Greece

Food Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-317

  Filiousis, George ^a,b   Johansson, Anders ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a   Perreten, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Food; Hygiene; Listeria monocytogenes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 54049146641     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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