Comparison of three Listeria monocytogenes strains in a guinea-pig model simulating food-borne exposure: RESEARCH LETTER

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-94

  Roldgaard, Bent B ^a,b   Andersen, Jens Bo ^a   Hansen, Tina Beck ^a   Christensen, Bjarke Bak ^a   Licht, Tine Rask ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Guinea pig; Listeria; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; GUINEA PIG; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 58149277100     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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