Mechanisms of survival, responses, and sources of salmonella in low-moisture environments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Finn, Sarah ^a   Condell, Orla ^a   McClure, Peter ^b   Amézquita, Alejandro ^b   Fanning, Séamus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Low moisture; Phenotypes; Salmonella; Survival

Indexed keywords

PORIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TREHALOSE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEAT TOLERANCE; LOW MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PEST CONTROL; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84890303252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00331     Document Type: Article

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