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Genetic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from food processing facilities before and after postcook chiller heat treatment.
Journal of food protection - 1 Aug 2013
Eglezos Sofroni, Dykes Gary A, Huang Bixing, Turner Mark S, Seale Richard
Abstract excerpt
Possible selection for and establishment of stress-resistant Listeria monocytogenes variants as a consequence of heating interventions is of concern to the food industry. Lineage analysis and multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) was performed on 20 L. monocytogenes isolates, of which 15 were obtained before and 5 were obtained after heat treatment of a postcook meat chiller. The ctsR gene (a...
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