Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in food products of animal origin as determined by molecular methods

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Rantsiou, Kalliopi ^a   Alessandria, Valentina ^a   Cocolin, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution in food; Prevalence; QPCR; STEC

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; EAEA GENE; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; ITALY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX 1 GENE; STX 2 GENE;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; ITALY; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856442246     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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