Current Status on Arcobacter Research: An Update on DNA-Based Identification and Typing Methodologies

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 956-968

  González, Isabel ^a   García, Teresa ^a   Fernández, Samuel ^a   Martín, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arcobacter spp.; DNA based methods; Identification; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOODS; ARCOBACTER SPP.; CURRENT STATUS; DIARRHOEAL ILLNESS; DNA-BASED METHODS; ETIOLOGIC AGENTS; FOOD COMMODITY; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; MOLECULAR METHODS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; TYPING;

DNA; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MEATS; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866020463     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-011-9343-9     Document Type: Review

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