Novel listerial genetic loci conferring enhanced barotolerance in Escherichia coli

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 618-630

  Considine, K M ^a   Sleator, R D ^b,c   Kelly, A L ^a   Fitzgerald, G F ^a,b   Hill, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food processing; Food safety; Listeria

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGAE; DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; LISTERIA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

AGAR PLATES; E. COLI; ENCODED PROTEINS; FOOD-SAFETY; GENETIC LOCUS; GENOMIC LIBRARIES; HIGH PRESSURE RESISTANCE; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PRESSURE TREATMENTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN AGRA; PROTEIN AGRC; PROTEIN AGRD; PROTEIN MOTA; PROTEIN MOTB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENOME; GENOMICS; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PRESSURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; HYPERBARISM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LURIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79551670937     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04924.x     Document Type: Article

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