Characterization of Escherichia coli O157: H7 Strains from Contaminated Raw Beef Trim during " High Event Periods "

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 506-514

  Arthur, Terrance M ^a   Bono, James L ^a   Kalchayanand, Norasak ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FINISHED PRODUCTS; GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; PROCESSING PLANTS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHORT TIME FRAMES;

ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEATS; STRAIN;

CONTAMINATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892454847     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03192-13     Document Type: Article

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