comK prophage junction fragments as markers for Listeria monocytogenes genotypes unique to individual meat and poultry processing plants and a model for rapid niche-specific adaptation, biofilm formation, and persistence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3279-3292

  Verghese, Bindhu ^a   Lok, Mei ^a,e   Wen, Jia ^a   Alessandria, Valentina ^b   Chen, Yi ^c   Kathariou, Sophia ^d   Knabel, Stephen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Strategic Diagnostics Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE TRACKING; BIOFILM FORMATION; CELL DENSITY; FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; POULTRY PROCESSING PLANTS; PROCESSING FACILITIES; PROCESSING OPERATIONS; PROPHAGES; RAPID ADAPTATION; RECOMBINATION ANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS; DISEASES; FOOD PROCESSING; GENES; HEALTH; LISTERIA; MEATS; STRAIN;

PROCESSED FOODS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOFILM; CLONE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MEAT; NICHE OVERLAP; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; RECOMBINATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHAGES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79958218670     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00546-11     Document Type: Article

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