Detection and quantification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shellfish from Italian production areas

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-20

  Suffredini, Elisabetta ^a   Mioni, Renzo ^b   Mazzette, Rina ^c   Bordin, Paola ^b   Serratore, Patrizia ^d   Fois, Federica ^c   Piano, Annamaria ^d   Cozzi, Loredana ^a   Croci, Luciana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colony hybridization; Quantitative analysis; Shellfish; Tdh; Trh; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIVALVE; CLAM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ITALY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SALINITY; SALMONELLA; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIVALVIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLLUSCA; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

COLONY HYBRIDIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; TDH; TRH; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; ITALY; SALMONELLA; SHELLFISH; STEM CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84903584421     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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