Predominant strains of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in a german poultry slaughterhouse

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-328

  Klein, Günter ^a   Beckmann, Lutz ^a   Vollmer, Harald Mike ^b   Bartelt, Edda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter jejuni; genotyping; Poultry; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN KPNI; PROTEIN SMA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCASS; CLOACA; DIARRHEA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POULTRY PRODUCTS; RIBOTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 34250900344     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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