Glutamate decarboxylase-mediated nisin resistance in listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6541-6546

  Begley, Máire ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Ross, R Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGHER-DEGREE; LANTIBIOTICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASES; LISTERIA;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NISIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MUTATION; PH; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GENE DELETION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NISIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78049236941     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00203-10     Document Type: Article

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