Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ground beef and lamb cuts: Results of a one-year study

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Barlow, Robert S ^a   Gobius, Kari S ^a   Desmarchelier, Patricia M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF CATTLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE ISOLATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MANURE; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33747044868     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.039     Document Type: Article

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