Efficiency of four secondary enrichment protocols in differentiation and isolation of Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes from smoked fish processing chains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Duarte, Gabriela ^a   Vaz Velho, Manuela ^a,b   Capell, Christopher ^a   Gibbs, Paul ^a,c  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^c LEATHERHEAD FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold smoked fish; Conventional cultural and bactometer capacitance based detection methods; Listeria; Listeria monocytogenes; Secondary selective enrichments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032747258     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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