Quantification of Listeria monocytogenes in minimally processed leafy vegetables using a combined method based on enrichment and 16S rRNA real-time PCR

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Aparecida de Oliveira, Maria ^a   Abeid Ribeiro, Eliana Guimarães ^a   Morato Bergamini, Alzira Maria ^a   Pereira De Martinis, Elaine Cristina ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbiological quality; Minimally processed vegetables; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; EVALUATION; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEGETABLE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOOD HANDLING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VEGETABLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 70449730578     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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