The role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of selected foodborne bacterial pathogens

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 951-968

  Kelly, B G ^a   Vespermann, A ^b   Bolton, D J ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conjugation; E. coli O157:H7; Horizontal gene transfer; L. monocytogenes; Mobile genetic elements; S. aureus; Salmonella; Transduction; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL CONTACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 63149108674     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.02.006     Document Type: Review

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