Low occurrence of safety hazards in coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from fermented foodstuffs

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Even, Sergine ^a   Leroy, Sabine ^b   Charlier, Cathy ^a   Zakour, Nouri Ben ^c   Chacornac, Jean Paul ^b   Lebert, Isabelle ^b   Jamet, Emmanuel ^d   Desmonts, Marie Hélène ^e   Coton, Emmanuel ^f   Pochet, Sylvie ^g   Donnio, Pierre Yves ^h   Gautier, Michel ^a   Talon, Régine ^b   Le Loir, Yves ^a  

^a UMR1253   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Actilait   (France)

^e AERIAL   (France)

^f ADRIA Normandie   (France)

^g Natl Inst of Agricultural Research   (France)

^h RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Biogenic amine; CNS; Diagnostic microarray; Enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOGENIC AMINES; COAGULASE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77949912304     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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