Towards an international standard for detection and typing botulinum neurotoxin-producing Clostridia types A, B, E and F in food, feed and environmental samples: A European ring trial study to evaluate a real-time PCR assay

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Fenicia, Lucia ^a   Fach, Patrick ^b   van Rotterdam, Bart J ^c   Anniballi, Fabrizio ^a   Segerman, Bo ^d   Auricchio, Bruna ^a   Delibato, Elisabetta ^a   Hamidjaja, Raditijo A ^c   Wielinga, Peter R ^c   Woudstra, Cedric ^b   Ågren, Joakim ^d   De Medici, Dario ^a   Knutsson, Rickard ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b French Agency for Food   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BoNT producing Clostria; Botulism; Real time PCR; Ring trial

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUROPE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIA;

EID: 79953036813     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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