Development of a Real-Time PCR assay for the specific detection of Brochothrix thermosphacta in fresh and spoiled raw meat

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Pennacchia, Carmela ^a   Ercolini, Danilo ^a   Villani, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

B. thermosphacta; Meat spoilage; Quantitative Real Time PCR; Species specific detection

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BROCHOTHRIX THERMOSPHACTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE RODS; HUMANS; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROCHOTHRIX THERMOSPHACTA;

EID: 68749083512     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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