Prevalence and quantification of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli along the lamb food chain by quantitative PCR

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Oses S M ^a   Rantsiou, K ^b   Cocolin, L ^b   Jaime, I ^a   Rovira, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Food chain; Lamb; QPCR; STEC

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAE GENE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CHAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LAMB; MEAT; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RPOB GENE; SAMPLING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77955845988     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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