Surveillance and characterisation by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis of Cronobacter spp. in farming and domestic environments, food production animals and retail foods

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-203

  Molloy, Catherine ^a   Cagney, Claire ^a   O'Brien, Stephen ^b   Iversen, Carol ^b   Fanning, Séamus ^b   Duffy, Geraldine ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cronobacter spp.; Domestic; Enterobacter sakazakii; Farms; Food animals; Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis; Retail

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATTLE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DUST; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE; VEGETABLE;

AGAR; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CULTURE MEDIA; DAIRYING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; SUIDAE;

EID: 71949126133     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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