Adaptive response of listeria monocytogenes to heat, salinity and low pH, after habituation on cherry tomatoes and lettuce leaves

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Poimenidou, Sofia V ^a   Chatzithoma, Danai Natalia ^a   Nychas, George John ^a   Skandamis, Panagiotis N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITUATION; HEAT; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; LETTUCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STRESS; SALINITY; TOMATO; ADAPTATION; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84994568431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165746     Document Type: Article

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