Microbial quality and direct PCR identification of lactic acid bacteria and nonpathogenic staphylococci from artisanal low-acid sausages

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4583-4594

  Aymerich, T ^a   Martin B ^a   Garriga, M ^a   Hugas, M ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PATHOLOGY;

MICROBIAL QUALITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS PLANTARUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0043031233     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4583-4594.2003     Document Type: Article

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