Detection of Escherichia coli O157 in bovine meat products in northern Italy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-262

  Stampi, Serena ^a   Caprioli, Alfredo ^b   De Luca, Giovanna ^a   Quaglio, Paola ^c   Sacchetti, Rossella ^a   Zanetti, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli O157; Meat products

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; LATEX; NOVOBIOCIN; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEEF CATTLE; CATTLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; ITALY; MARKET; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURCHASING; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SOYBEAN; SUPPLEMENTATION; VEGETABLE; VERO CELL; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0742289943     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00308-8     Document Type: Article

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