Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species in small and very small ready-to-eat meat processing plants

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-77

  Williams, Shanna K ^a   Roof, Sherry ^b   Boyle, Elizabeth A ^c   Burson, Dennis ^d   Thippareddi, Harshavardhan ^d   Geornaras, Ifigenia ^a   Sofos, John N ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^b   Nightingale, Kendra ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT SAFETY; STANDARD;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78651325323     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-097     Document Type: Article

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