Rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food using culture enrichment combined with real-time PCR

Food Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-7

  O'Grady, Justin ^a   Ruttledge, Margaret ^a   Sedano Balbás, Sara ^a   Smith, Terry J ^a   Barry, Thomas ^a   Maher, Majella ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Detection; Food; Internal amplification control; Listeria monocytogenes; Real time PCR; ssrA gene tmRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; TMRNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TIME;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 56349091869     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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