Molecular typing of Clostridium perfringens isolated from turkey meat by multiplex PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-34

  Erol, I ^a   Goncuoglu, M ^a   Ayaz, N D ^a   Bilir Ormanci, F S ^a   Hildebrandt, G ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Toxin genes; Turkey meat

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; MEATS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; MEAT SAMPLES; MOLECULAR TYPING; RAPID METHOD; TOXIN GENES; TURKEY MEAT;

GENES;

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA 2 TOXIN; BETA TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; EPSILON TOXIN; IOTA TOXIN;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIUM; CHLORINE; GAMEBIRD; ISOLATED POPULATION; MEAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TURKEY (BIRD);

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 45249094275     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02379.x     Document Type: Article

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