A comparative study of the ability of EMA and PMA to distinguish viable from heat killed mixed bacterial flora from fish fillets

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-96

  Lee, Jung Lim ^a   Levin, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

CFU; Cod fillets; EMA; Ethidium bromide monoazide; Heat killed bacteria; Mixed bacteria; MPN; Plate counts; PMA; Propidium monoaazide; Real time PCR; Rti PCR

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE MONOAZIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROPIDIUM MONOAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BACTERIAL FLORA; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; AZIDES; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ETHIDIUM; GADIFORMES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIDIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 57149138993     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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