Occurrence of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ready-to-eat food from supermarkets in Argentina

Food Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-313

  Balagué, Claudia ^a   Khan, Ashraf A ^b   Fernandez, Luisa ^a   Redolfi, Ana Lía ^a   Aquili, Virginia ^a   Voltattorni, Patricia ^c   Hofer, Claudio ^c   Ebner, Guillermo ^c   Dueñas, Susana ^c   Cerniglia, Carl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Rosario Food Institute   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Multiplex pcr; Non O157 Escherichia coli; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ready to eat food; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAFETY;

ARGENTINA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26044449328     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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