Recent advances in molecular techniques to study microbial communities in food-associated matrices and processes

Food Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 745-761

  Juste A ^a,b   Thomma, B P H J ^c   Lievens, B ^a,b  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food microbiology; Identification; Microbial diversity; Molecular methods; Quantification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 46949095048     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2008.04.009     Document Type: Review

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