Comparison of an automated most-probable-number technique with traditional plating methods for estimating populations of total aerobes, coliforms, and Escherichia coli associated with freshly processed broiler chickens

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1558-1563

  Line, J E ^a   Stern, N J ^a   Oakley, B B ^a   Seal, B S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; TIME;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80052497030     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-024     Document Type: Article

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