What bacteria are living in my food?: An open-ended practical series involving identification of unknown foodborne bacteria using molecular techniques

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 384-390

  Prasad, Prascilla ^a   Turner, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Food microbiology; Molecular techniques; Pathogen; Spoilage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EDUCATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; TEACHING;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEACHING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 80053097984     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20532     Document Type: Article

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