Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated during 2011-2014 from different food matrices in Switzerland

Food Control

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 321-326

  Ebner, Rebecca ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a   Althaus, Denise ^a   Brisse, Sylvain ^b,c   Maury, Mylène ^b,c,d   Tasara, Taurai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Food; Listeria monocytogenes; MLST; Serotype

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84929079224     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.04.030     Document Type: Article

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