Polymerase chain reaction for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-113

  Meng, Jianghong ^a   Zhao, Shaohua ^a   Doyle, Michael P ^a   Mitchell, Sharon E ^b   Kresovich, Stephen ^b  

^a Ctr Food Safety Qual Enhancement   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; E. coli O157:H7; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030249760     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(96)01110-5     Document Type: Article

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