The VIT® technology for rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp.

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 287-290

  Stephan, Roger ^a   Schumacher, Sandra ^a   Zychowska, Marzena Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environment samples of food processing plants; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp.; Minced meat samples; VIT technology

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE PROBE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TIME;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242709824     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00307-6     Document Type: Article

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