Comparison of methods for the enumeration of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli from veal hides and carcasses

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Luedtke, Brandon E ^a   Bosilevac, Joseph M ^a  

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

Author keywords

dPCR; MPN; Multiplex qPCR; Total EHEC; Veal

Indexed keywords

CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DILUTION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VEAL;

EID: 84949672580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01062     Document Type: Article

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