An Ecological Perspective of Listeria monocytogenes Biofilms in Food Processing Facilities

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 801-817

  Valderrama, Wladir B ^a   Cutter, Catherine N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; ecological niche; environment; fitness; Listeria monocytogenes; reservoir

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FITNESS; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS; PROCESSING FACILITIES;

BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEMS; LISTERIA; RESERVOIRS (WATER); DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; PROCESSED FOODS;

FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOFILM; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HABITAT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRODUCT SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

BIOFILMS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHYLOGENY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879533548     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.561378     Document Type: Article

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