Reduction of food matrix interference by a combination of sample preparation and multi-dimensional gating techniques to facilitate rapid, high sensitivity analysis for Escherichia coli serotype O157 by flow cytometry

Food Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 281-288

  Wilkes, Jon G ^a   Tucker, Randal K ^a   Montgomery, James A ^b   Cooper, Willie M ^a   Sutherland, John B ^a   Buzatu, Dan A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157; Flow cytometry; Food matrix interference; Near real time analysis; RAPID B ; Single cell detection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEGETABLE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEGETABLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84856034732     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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