Detection of viable enterotoxin-producing Bacillus cereus and analysis of toxigenicity from ready-to-eat foods and infant formula milk powder by multiplex PCR

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1047-1055

  Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Feng, Lixia ^a   Xu, Hengyi ^a   Liu, Chengwei ^b   Shah, Nagendra P ^c   Wei, Hua ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Enterotoxin producing; Multiplex PCR; Propidium monoazide; Toxigenicity

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHEMISTRY; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FAST FOODS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MILK; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84955661316     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10147     Document Type: Article

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