Survival and biofilm formation of Listeria monocytogenes in simulated vaginal fluid: Influence of pH and strain origin

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-320

  Borges, Sandra F ^a   Silva, Joana G L ^a   Teixeira, Paula C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Listeria monocytogenes; Vaginal fluid; Vaginal pH

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFILMS; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 79960343989     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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