Molecular methods in food safety microbiology: Interpretation and implications of nucleic acid detection

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-577

  Ceuppens, Siele ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a   Renault, Pierre ^b   Ross, Paul ^c   Ranst, Marc Van ^d   Cocolin, Luca ^e   Donaghy, John ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Inst Scientifique de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)   (France)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Culturing; DNA; Infectious viruses; Ingestion; Interpretation; Molecular methods; Nucleic acids; RNA; Stability; Viable bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DNA; FLOTATION; FLUOROPHORES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; INGESTION (ENGINES); MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA; VIRUSES;

CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; CULTURING; FOOD-BORNE MICROORGANISMS; INFECTIOUS VIRUS; INTERPRETATION; MOLECULAR METHODS; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84902951039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12072     Document Type: Review

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