Interactions of Foodborne Pathogens with Free-living Protozoa: Potential Consequences for Food Safety

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 924-944

  Vaerewijck, Mario J M ^a   Baré, Julie ^a   Lambrecht, Ellen ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a   Houf, Kurt ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Bacteria FLP interactions; Food safety; Foodborne pathogens; Free living protozoa (FLP); Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; PATHOGENS; PROTOZOA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (FLP); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; TETRAHYMENA;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84906092691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12100     Document Type: Article

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