Diverse geno- and phenotypes of persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolates from fermented meat sausage production facilities in Portugal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2701-2715

  Ferreira, V ^a,b   Barbosa, J ^a   Stasiewicz, M ^b   Vongkamjan, K ^b   Switt, A Moreno ^b   Hogg, T ^a   Gibbs, P ^a   Teixeira, P ^a   Wiedmann, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACO-2 CELLS; FINISHED PRODUCTS; FOOD CHAIN; KEY FACTORS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT SAUSAGE; MONOCYTOGENES; PORTUGAL; PRODUCTION FACILITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFICATION OF POLYMORPHIC; SEROTYPES; SEROTYPING; TRANSIENT STRAIN;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CLONING; DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRODUCTION;

LISTERIA;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; TETRACYCLINE;

CELL ORGANELLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROKINESIS; FACILITATION; FERMENTATION; FOOD CHAIN; GEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEAVY METAL; MEAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLASSIFICATION; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPING;

ARSENIC; BACTERIOPHAGES; CACO-2 CELLS; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; TETRACYCLINE;

PORTUGAL;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 79955573889     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02553-10     Document Type: Article

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