Genome sequencing identifies two nearly unchanged strains of persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolated at two different fish processing plants sampled 6 years apart

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2944-2951

  Holch, Anne ^a,d   Webb, Kristen ^b   Lukjancenko, Oksana ^a   Ussery, David ^a   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^c   Gram, Lone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Anne Holch CMC Biologics A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS; PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS; PROCESSING FACILITIES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNAS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

FOOD PROCESSING; LISTERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOLOGY; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; GENOME; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXIN;

DENMARK; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALMON; SEA FOOD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SALMON; SEAFOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876343851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03715-12     Document Type: Article

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