Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis typing of human and retail foodstuff Campylobacters: An Irish perspective

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 426-433

  O'Leary, Aoife M ^a   Whyte, Paul ^b   Madden, Robert H ^c   Cormican, Martin ^d   Moore, John E ^e   Mc Namara, Eleanor ^f   Mc Gill, Kevina ^b   Kelly, Lorraine ^b   Cowley, Damien ^b   Moran, Lynn ^c   Scates, Pam ^c   Collins, J Dan ^b   Carroll, Cyril V ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Food Science Division   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^e BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Cherry Orchard Hospital Dublin   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter jejuni; Foodstuff isolates; Genotyping; Human isolates; PFGE; Profile heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEAT; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952003289     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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