Simple adhesive-tape-based sampling of tomato surfaces combined with rapid fluorescence in situ hybridization for Salmonella detection

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1450-1455

  Bisha, Bledar ^a   Brehm Stecher, Byron F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATIONS; SALMONELLA STRAINS;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRUITS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CELL CULTURE;

AGAR; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; HYBRIDIZATION;

IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA;

EID: 61649126684     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01944-08     Document Type: Article

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