How does Listeria monocytogenes combat acid conditions?

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-152

  Smith, James L ^a   Liu, Yanhong ^a   Paoli, George C ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B; Acid tolerance response (ATR); Arginine deiminase; F0F1 ATPase; Glutamate decarboxylase; LisRK

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTON PUMP; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACIDITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PH; STOMACH CONTENT;

ACID TOLERANCE; ADAPTIVE ACID TOLERANCE RESPONSE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; REVIEW;

ACETOIN; ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84875659079     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2012-0392     Document Type: Review

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