Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes: Evidence for a reservoir in milking equipment on a dairy farm

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1315-1323

  Latorre, Alejandra A ^a   Van Kessel, Jo Ann S ^b   Karns, Jeffrey S ^b   Zurakowski, Michael J ^a   Pradhan, Abani K ^a   Zadoks, Ruth N ^a,c   Boor, Kathryn J ^a   Schukken, Ynte H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMS; ENDONUCLEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; FECAL SAMPLES; FILTER SAMPLES; IN LINES; LACTATING COWS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK SAMPLES; MILKING EQUIPMENTS; MILKING PARLORS; MONOCYTOGENES; NEW YORK STATE; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLING SITES;

ELECTROPHORESIS; FARMS; GELATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

DAIRIES;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DETECTION METHOD; DIGESTION; ELECTROKINESIS; FECES; FILTER; LACTATION; MILK; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; NEW YORK;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 61649100539     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01826-08     Document Type: Article

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