An interlaboratory study to find an alternative to the MPN technique for enumerating Escherichia coli in shellfish

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-64

  Ogden, I D ^a   Brown, G C ^a   Gallacher, Susan ^b   Garthwaite, P H ^a   Gennari, M ^c   Gonzalez, M Pilar ^d   Jorgensen L B ^e   Lunestad, B T ^f   MacRae, Marion ^a   Nunes, M Celeste ^g   Petersen, A C ^h   Rosnes, J T ⁱ   Vliegenthart, J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Sez 1 Via Celoria 10   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f Direct of Fish Strandgaten 229   (Norway)

^g Instituto Portugues de Investigacao Maritima   (Portugal)

^h Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

ⁱ NORCONSERV   (Norway)

^j Evertsenstraat 17   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Chromogenic media; Conductance; Escherichia coli; Interlaboratory study; MPN; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHELLFISH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROBABILITY; SHELLFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYTILUS EDULIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032478149     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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