Detection of Salmonella spp. from large volumes of water by modified Moore swabs and tangential flow filtration

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-94

  McEgan, R ^a   Rodrigues, C A P ^a,d   Sbodio, A ^b   Suslow, T V ^b   Goodridge, L D ^c   Danyluk, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food safety; Preharvest; Produce; Salmonella; Surface water

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA; SCREENING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

FOOD-SAFETY; FRESH PRODUCE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LARGE VOLUMES; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; PREHARVE; PRODUCE; RISKS MANAGEMENT; TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATIONS; WATER SAMPLES;

FOOD SAFETY;

SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM; FILTRATION; FOOD SAFETY; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HARVEST PERIOD; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONELLA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84872395315     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12016     Document Type: Article

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