Heavy metal and disinfectant resistance of Listeria monocytogenes from foods and food processing plants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6938-6945

  Ratani, Shakir S ^a,d   Siletzky, Robin M ^a   Dutta, Vikrant ^a,e   Yildirim, Suleyman ^a,f   Osborne, Jason A ^a   Lin, Wen ^b   Hitchins, Anthony D ^b   Ward, Todd J ^c   Kathariou, Sophia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Services BASF   (United States)

^e Envirologix Inc   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC RESISTANCE; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM RESISTANCE; FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM; SEROTYPES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTANTS; ECOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAVY METALS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BENZALKONIUM; CADMIUM; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEAVY METAL;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; DISINFECTION; FOOD; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

ARSENIC; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METALS, HEAVY; SEROTYPING;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84868331119     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01553-12     Document Type: Article

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