Publications by authors named "Elissa Khamissi"
Int J Food Microbiol
January 2010
Article Synopsis
- - The isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from food often faces challenges due to its potential overgrowth by other Listeria species during double enrichment, which can lead to false negatives in testing.
- - Experimental analysis revealed that L. monocytogenes can be outgrown by Listeria innocua during the late exponential growth phase due to interactions, while a dominant L. monocytogenes strain can also suppress Listeria welshimeri’s growth rate.
- - Despite testing various factors in the ISO 11290-1 methodology, no single determinant was found for the overgrowth, but adding agar to the broth significantly reduced overgrowth in mixed strain experiments, indicating competition for nutrients plays a key role
