Virulence factors in enterococci from partridges (Alectoris rufa) representing a food safety problem

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 831-833

  Silva, Nuno ^a   Igrejas, Gilberto ^b   Vaz, Joana ^a,b   Araújo, Carlos ^a,b   Cardoso, Luis ^b,c   Rodrigues, Jorge ^a,b   Torres, Carmen ^d   Poeta, Patricia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIRD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FOOD SAFETY; GALLIFORMES; GELATINASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 79959881528     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0781     Document Type: Article

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