Cold growth behaviour and genetic comparison of Canadian and Swiss Listeria monocytogenes strains associated with the food supply chain and human listeriosis cases

Food Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-87

  Arguedas Villa, Carolina ^a   Kovacevic, Jovana ^b   Allen, Kevin J ^b   Stephan, Roger ^a   Tasara, Taurai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold growth phenotypes; Cold shock; Gene expression; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; COLD GROWTH PHENOTYPES; COLD SHOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

COLD GROWTH PHENOTYPES; COLD SHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANADA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893518506     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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