Detection of the sour-rot pathogen Geotrichum candidum in tomato fruit and juice by using a highly specific monoclonal antibody-based ELISA

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-172

  Thornton, Christopher R ^a   Slaughter, David C ^a   Davis, R Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Geotrichum candidum; Hybridoma; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANAMORPH; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT JUICE; FUNGAL DETECTION; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM EUROPAEUM; GEOTRICHUM PSEUDOCANDIDUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; TELEOMORPH; TOMATO;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BEVERAGES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; GEOTRICHUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

CITRUS; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77957255909     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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