Enhanced surface colonization by escherichia coli 0157:H7 in biofilms formed by an acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolate from meat-processing environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4557-4559

  Habimana, Olivier ^a   Heir, Even ^a   Langsrud, Solveig ^a   Åsli, Anette Wold ^a   Møretrø, Trond ^a  

^a Noflma Mat AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BIOVOLUMES; CELL CLUSTERS; E. COLI 0157:H7; E.COLI O157:H7; ENHANCED SURFACE; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0157:H7; MEAT FACTORIES; PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE COLONIZATION;

BIOFILMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MEAT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BIOFILMS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEAT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H-;

EID: 77954261767     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02707-09     Document Type: Article

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