A five year surveillance report on PFGE types of Listeria monocytogenes isolated in Italy from food and food related environments

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 271-276

  Nucera, Daniele ^a   Lomonaco, Sara ^a   Bianchi, Daniela Manila ^b   Decastelli, Lucia ^b   Grassi, Maria Ausilia ^a   Bottero, Maria Teresa ^a   Civera, Tiziana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental; Foods; Listeria monocytogenes; Persistence; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77953122720     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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