Life on the outside: Role of biofilms in environmental persistence of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Vogeleer, Philippe ^a   Tremblay, Yannick D N ^a   Mafu, Akier A ^b   Jacques, Mario ^a   Harel, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Environment; Processing plant; Sanitizers; STEC

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AUTOTRANSPORTER ADHESIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; DISINFECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; MANURE; MATURATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POPULATION DISPERSION; PROTOZOON; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 84905364439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00317     Document Type: Review

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