Differential fluorescent staining of Listeria monocytogenes and a whey food soil for quantitative analysis of surface hygiene

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Whitehead, Kathryn A ^a   Benson, Paul ^a   Verran, Joanna ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Conditioning film; Differential staining; Epifluorescence; Food; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; RHODAMINE B; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; WHEY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HYGIENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MILK PROTEINS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 68949103775     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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