Novel real-time PCR method to detect escherichia coli O157:H7 in raw milk cheese and raw ground meat

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1373-1381

  Miszczycha, Stéphane D ^a   Ganet, Sarah ^a,b   Duniere, Lysiane ^a   Rozand, Christine ^a,b   Loukiadis, Estelle ^a,b   Thevenot Sergentet, Delphine ^a,b  

^a UPSP Unité de Recherche CALITYSS Consommateur   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864491363     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-498     Document Type: Article

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