An insight into the isolation, enumeration, and molecular detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Law, Jodi Woan Fei ^a   Ab Mutalib, Nurul Syakima ^b   Chan, Kok Gan ^c   Lee, Learn Han ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Foodborne pathogens; Isolation; Listeria species; Molecular detection

Indexed keywords

DNA MICROARRAY; FOOD; FOOD POISONING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949793683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01227     Document Type: Review

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