Development of a miniaturized four-culture method for the rapid enumeration of four bacterial groups in ground beef

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Kang, D H ^a   Rhee, M S ^a   Costello, M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliform; Escherichia coli; Gram negative; Ground beef; Rapid method; Total mesophilic microbial load

Indexed keywords

BEEF; CUTTING;

COLIFORMS; CULTURE METHODS; GRAM-NEGATIVE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GROUND BEEF; MESOPHILIC; MICROBIAL LOADS; RAPID METHOD; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; TOTAL MESOPHILIC MICROBIAL LOAD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD SCIENCE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEEF CATTLE; CALCULATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; INOCULATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LANES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037263699     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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