A universal protocol for PCR detection of 13 species of foodborne pathogens in foods

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 727-736

  Wang, R F ^a   Cao, W W ^a   Cerniglia, C E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA;

CONDITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PCR DETECTION; SALMONELLA SPP; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031443904     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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