An automated fluorescent PCR method for detection of Shiga toxin- producing Escherichia coli in foods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4210-4116

  Chen, Shu ^a   Xu, Renlin ^a   Yee, Arlene ^a   Wu, Kai Yuan ^b,d   Wang, Chang Ning ^b   Read, Susan ^c   De Grandis, Stephanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Biotronics Corporation   (United States)

^c Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031790534     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4210-4216.1998     Document Type: Article

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