Use of pulse field gel electrophoresis for the epidemiological characterisation of coagulase positive Staphylococcus isolated from meat workers and beef carcasses

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Vanderlinde, Paul B ^a   Fegan, Narelle ^a   Mills, Leanne ^a   Desmarchelier, Patricia M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef carcasses; Meat workers; PFGE; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARCASS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DNA RESTRICTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WORKER;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033136422     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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