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Molecular and physiological analysis of the role of osmolyte transporters BetL, Gbu, and OpuC in growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2004
Wemekamp-Kamphuis Henrike H, Sleator Roy D, Wouters Jeroen A, Hill Colin, Abee Tjakko
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous food-borne pathogen found widely distributed in nature as well as an undesirable contaminant in a variety of fresh and processed foods. This ubiquity can be at least partly explained by the ability of the organism to grow at high osmolarity and reduced temperatures, a consequence of its ability to accumulate osmo- and cryoprotective compounds termed osmolytes. Single and...
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