An evaluation of the use of 4-methylumbelliferyl-β-D-glucuronide (MUG) in different solid media for the detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli in foods

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 286-290

  Villari, P ^a,b   Iannuzzo, M ^a   Torre, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION AND ENUMERATIONS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; GLUCURONIDES; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; INCUBATION TIME; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; SOLID MEDIUM; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030947108     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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