The identification and characterization of Clostridium perfringens by real-time PCR, location of enterotoxin gene, and heat resistance

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 629-639

  Grant, Kathie A ^a   Kenyon, Sarah ^a   Nwafor, Ijeoma ^a   Plowman, June ^b   Ohai, Charles ^a   Halford Maw, Robin ^a   Peck, Michael W ^b   McLauchlin, Jim ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPE GENE; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD POISONING; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 53849089238     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0066     Document Type: Article

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