Comparison between conventional and qPCR methods for enumerating Campylobacter jejuni in a poultry processing plant

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1353-1358

  Melero, Beatriz ^a   Cocolin, Luca ^b   Rantsiou, Kalliopi ^b   Jaime, Isabel ^a   Rovira, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Poultry; Processing plant; Quantification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MEAT; POULTRY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 80051469761     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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