The ability to enter into an avirulent viable but non-culturable (VBNC) form is widespread among Listeria monocytogenes isolates from salmon, patients and environment

Veterinary Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lindbäck, Toril ^a   Rottenberg, Martin E ^b   Roche, Sylvie M ^c   Rørvik, Liv Marit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

ATP; Listeria monocytogenes; MRNA; VBNC

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PYRUVATE SODIUM; HEMOLYSIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ASSAY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROCOSM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMON; STARVATION; VIABLE BUT NON CULTURABLE; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LISTERIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SALMON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70450202526     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009056     Document Type: Article

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