Strategies for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in foods

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-429

  Deisingh, A K ^a,b   Thompson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CURRENT STATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS; MOLECULAR BEACON; NON-ENZYMATIC; REAL-TIME DETECTION; REAL-TIME PCR; RELIABLE METHODS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIUM;

ACCURACY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOSENSOR; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542329622     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2003.02170.x     Document Type: Review

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