Molecular biology of surface colonization by Listeria monocytogenes: An additional facet of an opportunistic Gram-positive foodborne pathogen

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-850

  Renier, Sandra ^a   Hébraud, Michel ^a   Desvaux, Mickaël ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLAGELLUM; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLAGELLA; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79953284616     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02378.x     Document Type: Review

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