Comparison of TEMPO® EC and TBX medium for the enumeration of Escherichia coli in cheese

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-570

  Torlak, E ^a   Akan, I M ^a   Gokmen M ^a  

^a Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cheese; Escherichia coli; Method comparison; TBX; TEMPO

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FOOD PRODUCTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

'CURRENT; ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; E. COLI; ENUMERATION METHOD; GLUCURONIDASE; METHOD COMPARISON; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; TBX; TEMPO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CONTAMINATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; FOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION;

EID: 56549123098     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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