Influence of acid stress on survival, expression of virulence genes and invasion capacity into Caco-2 cells of Listeria monocytogenes strains of different origins

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 140-146

  Werbrouck, Hadewig ^a   Vermeulen, An ^b   Van Coillie, Els ^a   Messens, Winy ^a   Herman, Lieve ^a   Devlieghere, Frank ^b   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid stress response; Caco 2 cells; Expression; Invasion; L. monocytogenes; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GADD2; PROTEIN INLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; VIRULENCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 68749089796     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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