Safety assessment and functional properties of four enterococci strains isolated from regional Argentinean cheese

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 277, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-9

  Martino, Gabriela P ^a,b   Espariz, Martín ^a,b   Gallina Nizo, Gabriel ^a,b   Esteban, Luis ^c   Blancato, Víctor S ^a,b   Magni, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

E. faecium; Enterococcus; Galleria mellonella; Phylogenomic; Rational selection

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ABC TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BILE SALT; BIOGENIC AMINE; CASEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITRIC ACID; ESTERASE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GENTAMICIN; LACTOSE; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOSE; NITROFURANTOIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEINASE; SUGAR; TETRACYCLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TYRAMINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL WALL; CHEESE; CHEESE RIPENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; LIPID METABOLISM; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOTH; PROCEDURES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHEESE; CITRATES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESTERASES; FOOD SAFETY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOTHS; PROBIOTICS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85045546394     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.04.012     Document Type: Article

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