Detection of Leuconostoc Strains at a Meat Processing Plant Using Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Goto, Seitaro ^a   Takahashi, Hajime ^b   Kawasaki, Susumu ^b   Kimura, Bon ^b   Fujii, Tateo ^b   Nakatsuji, Miki ^a   Watanabe, Itaru ^a  

^a NIPPON MEAT PACKERS INC   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leuconostoc; Meat processing plant; PCR

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LEUCONOSTOC; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FALLAX; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LEUCONOSTOC; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

EID: 1842422866     PISSN: 00156426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3358/shokueishi.45.25     Document Type: Article

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