Survey of retail alfalfa sprouts and mushrooms for the presence of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria with BAX, and evaluation of this polymerase chain reaction-based system with experimentally contaminated samples

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-187

  Strapp, Christine M ^a   Shearer, Adrienne E H ^a   Joerger, Rolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERIDITIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0037312209     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.2.182     Document Type: Article

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