Validation of a method for simultaneous isolation of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111, and O145 from minced beef by an international ring-trial

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 412-417

  Verstraete, Karen ^a   De Zutter, Lieven ^b   Robyn, Joris ^a   Daube, Georges ^c   Herman, Lieve ^a   Heyndrickx, Marc ^a,b   De Schaetzen, Marie Athénaïs ^c   De Reu, Koen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; COLD STRESS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MEAT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860567832     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.0998     Document Type: Article

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