Optical instrument rapidly detects and enumerates microorganisms in food

Food Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-85

  Shelef, Leora A ^a,b   Eden, Gideon ^c  

^a IFT ^*

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MicroSys   (United States)

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EID: 0030018999     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. APHA. 1992. "Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods," 3rd ed., ed. C. Vanderzant and D.F. Splittstoesser. Am. Public Health Assn., Washington, D.C.
2. Fung, D.Y.C. 1995. What's needed in rapid detection of foodborne pathogens. Food Technol. 49(6): 64-67.
3. Gerhardt, P. 1981. "Manual of Methods for General Bacteriology." Am. Soc. for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
4. Hu, A.C. and Shelef, L.A.. 1995. Influence of fat content in pork liver sausage on growth of Listeria monocytogenes and its inhibition by lactate, sorbate and propionate, Presented at Ann. Mtg., Intl. Assn. of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Abstr. 80), July 30-Aug. 2.
5. Shelef, L.A. and Eden, G. 1995a. Feasibility of a new method for rapid detection and enumeration of microorganisms in food samples. Presented at Ann. Mtg., Inst. of Food Technologists, Anaheim, Calif. (Abstr. 81E-13), June 3-7.
6. Shelef, L.A. and Eden, G. 1995b. A new rapid method for detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in food samples. Presented at Ann. Mtg., Intl. Assn. of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Abst. 135), July 30-Aug. 2.
7. Spencer, R.C., Wright, E.P., and Newsom, S.W.B. 1994. "Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology." Intercept, Andover, U.K.
8. Weaver, R.A. and Shelef, L.A.. 1993. Antilisterial activity of sodium, potassium or calcium lactate in pork liver sausage. J. Food Safety 13: 133-146.