Screening of food raw materials for the presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O91:H21

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-451

  Madic, J ^a,b   Lecureuil, C ^a   Dilasser, F ^a   Derzelle, S ^a   Jamet, E ^b   Fach, P ^a   Auvray, F ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b ACTILAIT Laboratoire d'Etude et d'Application des Microorganismes d'Intérêt Laitier   (France)

Author keywords

Atypical EHEC; E. coli; O91:H21; Real time PCR; Saa; STEC; Stx

Indexed keywords

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE ENCODING; MEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

ATYPICAL EHEC; ATYPICALS; E. COLI; MINCED BEEF; O91:H21; RAW MILK; REAL-TIME PCR; SAA; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS; RAW MATERIALS;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; COLONY; GENE; MEAT; MILK; TOXIN;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 62149104316     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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