Development of a model meat system and investigation of the growth characteristics and genetic stability of Escherichia coli O157:H7, in the absence of meat microflora

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-145

  McCleery, David R ^a   Rowe, Michael T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic instability; Growth potential; Irradiation sterilisation; Model meat system; O157:H7

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; VEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE LOSS; GENETIC STABILITY; IRRADIATION; MEAT; MICROFLORA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEROTYPE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036164821     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00363-3     Document Type: Article

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