Detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes O26:H11, O103:H2, O111:H8, O145:H28, and O157:H7 in raw-milk cheeses by using multiplex real-time PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2035-2041

  Madic, Jordan ^a,b   Vingadassalon, Noémie ^a,b   de Garam, Carine Peytavin ^a   Marault, Muriel ^a   Scheutz, Flemming ^c   Brugère, Hubert ^d   Jamet, Emmanuel ^b   Auvray, Frédéric ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b ACTILAIT Laboratoire de Microbiologie d'Intérêt Laitier   (France)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COLONY HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC MARKERS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DAIRY FARMING; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953168070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02089-10     Document Type: Article

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