Detection of 5 CFU/g of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on lettuce using activated charcoal and real-time PCR without enrichment

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 562-567

  Lee, Jung Lim ^a   Levin, Robert E ^b  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; E. coli O157:H7; Lettuce; Real time PCR; Rti PCR bentonite; Sodium dodecyl sulfate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BENTONITE; CHARCOAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BENTONITE; CHARCOAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LETTUCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 79952008680     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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