Application of the BAX for screening/genus Listeria polymerase chain reaction system for monitoring Listeria species in cold-smoked fish and in the smoked fish processing environment

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-346

  Norton, Dawn M ^a   McCamey, Meghan ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKED FISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0034052580     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-63.3.343     Document Type: Article

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