Comparative evaluation of the MGIT™ and BACTEC culture systems for the recovery of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from milk

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 196-201

  Grant, I R ^a   Kirk, R B ^b   Hitchings, E ^a   Rowe, M T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BACTEC culture; Chemical decontamination; MGIT culture; Milk; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DECONTAMINATION; RADIOMETRY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BACTEC CULTURE; CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION; CULTURE SYSTEMS; DETECTION CAPABILITY; MGIT CULTURE; MILK; MILK SAMPLE; MYCOBACTERIA AVIUM SUBSP.; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RADIOMETRICS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INOCULATION; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038724915     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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