Selective detection of mixed bacterial survivors from fish fillets after freezing and thawing by ethidium bromide monoazide real-time PCR

Food Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-281

  Lee, Jung Lim ^a   Levin, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial survivors; CFU; Cod fillets; EMA; EMA Rti PCR; Ethidium bromide monoazide; Freezing and thawing; Mixed bacteria; Plate counts; Real time PCR; Rti PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SURVIVORS; CFU; COD FILLETS; EMA; EMA-RTI-PCR; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FREEZING AND THAWING; MIXED BACTERIA; PLATE COUNTS; REAL-TIME PCR; RTI-PCR;

AMPLIFICATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DNA; FREEZING; GENES; GLYCEROL;

THAWING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956141939     PISSN: 08905436     EISSN: 15324249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905436.2010.507154     Document Type: Article

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