Occurrence of foodborne pathogenic bacteria in retail prepackaged portions of marine fish in Spain

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-536

  Herrera, F C ^a   Santos, J A ^a   Otero, A ^a   Garcia Lopez M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Edwardsiella; Foodborne bacteria; Listeria; Marine fish; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; DNA FRAGMENT; EDWARDSIELLUM; FOOD-BORNE BACTERIA; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; MARINE FISH; NON-INDIGENOUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

FISH;

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONGER; EDWARDSIELLA (ENTEROBACTERIA); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33645112316     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02848.x     Document Type: Article

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