Population diversity of Listeria monocytogenes in quargel (acid curd cheese) lots recalled during the multinational listeriosis outbreak 2009/2010

Food Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-73

  Schoder, D ^a   Stessl, B ^a   Szakmary Brandle K ^a   Rossmanith, P ^a   Wagner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cheese; Listeria monocytogenes; Outbreak; Population diversity; Quargel

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEESE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTBREAK; POPULATION DIVERSITY; PRODUCT RECALL; QUARGEL;

CHEESE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OUTBREAK; POPULATION DIVERSITY; QUARGEL;

AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PRODUCT RECALLS AND WITHDRAWALS;

EID: 84888802864     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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