Quantitative Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Serotypes O157 and O26 in Bulk Raw Milk

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1750-1758

  Trevisani, Marcello ^a   Mancusi, Rocco ^a   Riu, Raffaela ^a   Serraino, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Milk; MPN PCR; Sampling; STEC Detection

Indexed keywords

ENTEROPATHOGENIC E. COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MILK; MPN-PCR; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION;

GENES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SAMPLING; SCREENING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84887319026     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-013-9691-8     Document Type: Article

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