Comparison of two AFLP methods and PFGE using strains of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from environmental and food samples obtained from Piedmont, Italy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Lomonaco, Sara ^a   Nucera, Daniele ^a   Parisi, Antonio ^b   Normanno, Giovanni ^c   Bottero, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Apulia and Basilicata   (Italy)

^c Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFLP; Listeria monocytogenes subtyping; PFGE

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE CLUSTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79960839706     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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