The adaptive response of bacterial food-borne pathogens in the environment, host and food: Implications for food safety

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-109

  Alvarez Ordóñez, Avelino ^a   Broussolle, Véronique ^b,c   Colin, Pierre ^d   Nguyen The, Christophe ^b,c   Prieto, Miguel ^e  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid; Adaptive response; Bacillus cereus; Cold; Mutation; Salmonella; SPANC; Stress

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD STRESS; FOOD BORNE BACTERIUM; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTES BY HABITAT; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84943662446     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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