Evaluation of a 5′-Nuclease (TaqMan) Assay with the Thin Agar Layer Oxyrase Method for the Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in Ground Pork Samples

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-277

  Wu, V C H ^a   Fung, D Y C ^a   Oberst, R D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TAQ POLYMERASE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0442328899     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.2.271     Document Type: Article

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