Whole-genome sequencing allows for improved identification of persistent Listeria monocytogenes in food-associated environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 6024-6037

  Stasiewicz, Matthew J ^a   Oliver, Haley F ^b   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   den Bakker, Henk C ^a,c  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; GENES; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84938789800     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01049-15     Document Type: Article

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