Detection by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assays and isolation of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145 in ground beef

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 601-607

  Fratamico, Pina M ^a   Bagi, Lori K ^a   Cray, William C ^b   Narang, Neelam ^b   Yan, Xianghe ^a   Medina, Marjorie ^a   Liu, Yanhong ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MEAT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; O ANTIGENS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955876027     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0773     Document Type: Article

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