Examination of food chain-derived Listeria monocytogenes strains of different serotypes reveals considerable diversity in inlA genotypes, mutability, and adaptation to cold temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1915-1922

  Kovacevic, Jovana ^a   Arguedas Villa, Carolina ^b   Wozniak, Anna ^a,c   Tasara, Taurai ^b   Allen, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLD TEMPERATURES; CONTROL STRAIN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MONOCYTOGENES; NOVEL ASSOCIATIONS; SEROTYPES; STOP CODONS;

AMINO ACIDS; FOOD SUPPLY; LISTERIA;

STRAIN;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNALIN PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SUPPLY; GENOTYPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MUTATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CACO-2 CELLS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84874797864     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03341-12     Document Type: Article

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