Performance characteristics and estimation of measurement uncertainty of three plating procedures for Campylobacter enumeration in chicken meat

Food Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Habib, I ^a   Sampers, I ^a,c   Uyttendaele, M ^a   Berkvens, D ^b   De Zutter, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Campylobacter enumeration; Measurement uncertainty; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEAT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 35748962271     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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