Development of a combined selective enrichment method and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for sensitive detection of Salmonella in food samples

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 649-654

  Marsiglia, M L ^a   Ikuta, N ^b   Fonseca, A K ^b   Schuch, D T ^c   Hotzel I ^a   Ozaki, L S ^a   Marques, E K ^a   Lunge, V R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Simbios Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

^c Lab de Referencia Anim (LARA RS)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food microbiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Salmonella detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031464056     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018514803821     Document Type: Article

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