Genetic determinants for cadmium and arsenic resistance among Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4B isolates from sporadic human listeriosis patients

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2471-2476

  Lee, Sangmi ^a   Rakic Martinez, M ^a   Graves, L M ^b   Ward, T J ^c   Siletzky, R M ^a   Kathariou, S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC RESISTANCE; CADMIUM RESISTANCE; HEAVY METAL RESISTANCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; SEROTYPES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DISEASES; HEAVY METALS;

LISTERIA;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM;

ARSENIC; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMOSOME; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84875490653     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03551-12     Document Type: Article

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