Rapid and reliable identification of Staphylococcus aureus harbouring the enterotoxin gene cluster (egc) and quantitative detection in raw milk by real time PCR

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 528-537

  Fusco, Vincenzina ^a   Quero, Grazia Marina ^a   Morea, Maria ^a   Blaiotta, Giuseppe ^b   Visconti, Angelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin gene cluster (egc) variants; Food safety; Quantitative detection; Raw milk; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MILK; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW MILK; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650022202     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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