Colpoda secrete viable Listeria monocytogenes within faecal pellets

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 396-404

  Raghu Nadhanan, Rethish ^a   Thomas, Connor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLPODA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

DISINFECTANT AGENT; GENTAMICIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD HANDLING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CILIOPHORA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISINFECTANTS; FOOD HANDLING; GENTAMICINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 84892991101     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12230     Document Type: Article

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