Development of a novel screening method for the isolation of "Cronobacter" spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2550-2553

  Iversen, Carol ^a,b   Druggan, Patrick ^c   Schumacher, Sandra ^a   Lehner, Angelika ^a   Feer, Claudia ^d   Gschwend, Karl ^d   Joosten, Han ^b   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d Hochdorf Nutritec AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLYSIS; RAW MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENT SAMPLES; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIA;

AGAR; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE;

BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATED POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRONOBACTER; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 42349101271     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02801-07     Document Type: Article

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