Comparison of 3M™ Petrifilm™ environmental Listeria plates against standard enrichment methods for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes of epidemiological significance from environmental surfaces

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Nyachuba, D G ^a   Donnelly, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental surfaces; Injury; Listeria monocytogenes; Methods; Recovery

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EPOXY RESIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPOXY RESINS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 36348970590     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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