Detection and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in game meat and ready-to-eat meat products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-182

  Diaz Sanchez S ^a   Sanchez S ^a,b   Sanchez M ^d   Herrera Leon S ^b   Hanning, I ^e   Vidal, D ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d EUITA UCLM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Game meat; Public health; Ready to eat meat products; Red deer (Cervus elaphus); STEC; Wild boar (Sus scrofa)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84870040076     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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