Demonstration of the effective performance of a combined enrichment/real-time PCR method targeting the prfA gene of Listeria monocytogenes by testing fresh naturally contaminated acid curd cheese

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-484

  Rossmanith, P ^a   Mester, P ^a   Wagner, M ^b   Schoder, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

detection; food; Listeria; polymerase chain reaction; rapid methods; safety

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LISTERIA; POLYMERIZATION;

AUSTRIA; DETECTION; EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE; FOOD; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PCR METHOD; PERFORMANCE VALUE; RAPID METHOD; REAL-TIME PCR; RELATIVE ACCURACY; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SAFETY; STANDARD METHOD;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA;

BACTERIUM; GENE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77956623657     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02925.x     Document Type: Article

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