Detection of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A isolates in American retail foods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2685-2691

  Wen, Qiyi ^a,b   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; DISEASES; HEAT RESISTANCE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SAMPLING;

CHROMOSOMAL CPE GENE; FOOD POISONING;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; COOKING; CPE GENE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TOLERANCE; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442684590     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2685-2691.2004     Document Type: Article

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