Prevalence, populations and pheno- and genotypic characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from ready-to-eat vegetables marketed in São Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Sant'Ana, Anderson S ^a   Igarashi, Maria Crystina ^a   Landgraf, Mariza ^a   Destro, Maria Teresa ^a   Franco, Bernadette D G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Listeria monocytogenes; Ready to eat vegetables; Ribotype; Sanitizer; Serotype

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORINE; INLA PROTEIN; INLC PROTEIN; INLJ PROTEIN; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BRAZIL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PACKAGING; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FAST FOODS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; STAINLESS STEEL; VEGETABLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84857921030     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.12.036     Document Type: Article

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