Revelation by single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping that mutations leading to a premature stop codon in inlA are common among Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready-to-eat foods but not human listeriosis cases

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2783-2790

  Van Stelten, A ^a   Simpson, J M ^a   Ward, T J ^b   Nightingale, K K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ISOLATES; FOOD ISOLATES; GENOTYPING; GENOTYPING ASSAYS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MONOCYTOGENES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; READY-TO-EAT FOODS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

CLONING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HEALTH RISKS; MEATS; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM;

LISTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNALIN PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; SEAFOOD; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTROL; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77951539854     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02651-09     Document Type: Article

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