Increased in vitro adherence and on-farm persistence of predominant and persistent Listeria Monocytogenes strains in the milking system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3676-3684

  Latorre, Alejandra A ^a   Van Kessel, Jo Ann S ^b   Karns, Jeffrey S ^b   Zurakowski, Michael J ^a   Pradhan, Abani K ^a,c   Boor, Kathryn J ^a   Adolph, Evin ^a   Sukhnanand, Sharinne ^a   Schukken, Ynte H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; IN-VITRO; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILKING SYSTEMS; MONOCYTOGENES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRESENTATIVE STRAIN; SIMPSON'S INDEX;

DAIRIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FARMS; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

STRAIN;

ASSAY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; DAIRY FARMING; ELECTROKINESIS; FILTER; FILTRATION; GEL; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; RESEARCH WORK; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR TYPING;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79958270564     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02441-10     Document Type: Article

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