Molecular methods for the analysis of Clostridium perfringens relevant to food hygiene

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Schalch, Barbara ^a   Sperner, Brigitte ^a   Eisgruber, Hartmut ^a   Stolle, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Food poisoning; Minced meat; Plasmid profiling; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COOLING; DEVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HEATING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE; MEAT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MEAT; PLASMIDS; RABBITS;

EID: 0032808676     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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