Molecular and phenotypic characterization of listeria monocytogenes from U.S. department of agriculture food safety and inspection service surveillance of ready-to-eat foods and processing facilities

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 861-869

  Ward, Todd J ^a   Evans, Peter ^b   Wiedmann, Martin ^c   Usgaard, Thomas ^a   Roof, Sherry E ^c   Stroika, Steven G ^d   Hise, Kelley ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNALIN PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CACO-2 CELLS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POULTRY PRODUCTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77954062811     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.5.861     Document Type: Article

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