Development of a multiplex PCR for rapid detection of verocytotoxin- producing Escherichia coli O26 in raw milk and ground beef

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-17

  Lorusso, V ^a   Dambrosio, A ^a   Quaglia, N C ^a   Parisi, A ^b   Lasalandra, G ^b   Mula, G ^c   Virgilio, S ^c   Lucifora, G ^d   Dario, M ^a   Normanno, G ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRODUCT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78651306523     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-201     Document Type: Article

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