Isolation and sources of blown pack spoilage clostridia in beef abattoirs

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 616-624

  Moschonas, G ^a,b   Bolton, D J ^a   Sheridan, J J ^a   McDowell, D A ^b  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Blown pack spoilage; Clostridium; Psychrophilic

Indexed keywords

BEEF; ESTERS; SPOILAGE;

ABATTOIR; BLOWN PACK SPOILAGE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CULTURE METHODS; DNA-BASED TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DETECTION; PSYCHROPHILIC;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FECES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF; CLOSTRIDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ESTERTHETICUM;

EID: 68049131615     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04229.x     Document Type: Article

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