Rapid estimation of spoilage bacterial load in aerobically stored meat by a quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-364

  Venkitanarayanan, K S ^a   Faustman, C ^a   Crivello, J F ^a   Khan, M I ^a   Hoagland, T A ^a   Berry, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROBIC PLATE COUNTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYCLE NUMBER; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; PCR PRODUCTS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID ESTIMATION; RDNA SEQUENCE;

SPOILAGE;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD STORAGE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0031006066     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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