Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 and verocytotoxin producing E. coli (VTEC) on Danish beef carcasses

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Breum, Solvej Østergaard ^a   Boel, Jeppe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beef carcasses; E. coli O157; Real time PCR; STEC; VTEC; VTEC O157

Indexed keywords

EAE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RBFE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; ADHESIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; EPIMERASE; PEROSAMINE SYNTHETASE; SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BEEF; CALF (BOVINE); CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENMARK; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MALE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CATTLE; DENMARK; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALE; MEAT; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 77953523690     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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