Characteristics and distribution of Listeria spp., including Listeria species newly described since 2009

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 5273-5287

  Orsi, Renato H ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Listeria; Listeria sensu lato; Listeria sensu strictu; New genus; New species

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATHOGENS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

FLAGELLAR MOTILITY; FOOD INDUSTRIES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SPECIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC DATA;

LISTERIA;

BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA FLORIDENSIS; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SENSU LATO; LISTERIA SENSU STRICTU; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84964619958     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7552-2     Document Type: Review

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