Genetic characterization of plasmid-associated benzalkonium chloride resistance determinants in a listeria monocytogenes train from the 1998 -1999 outbreak

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8231-8238

  Elhanafi, Driss ^a,c   Utta, Vikrant ^b   Kathariou, Sophia ^c  

^a Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center   (United States)

^b Departments of Microbiology   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS; GENETIC BASIS; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; HOT DOGS; IN-SILICO; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MONOCYTOGENES; MULTI STATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT STRAINS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; DISINFECTANTS; FOOD PROCESSING; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

LISTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BENZALKONIUM; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

AMMONIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES;

BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78650400283     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02056-10     Document Type: Article

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