Food-borne pathogens : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Adley, Catherine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2006]
Series:Methods in biotechnology ; 21.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Detection of hemolysins in Aeromonas spp. isolates from food sources
  • Detection and purification of Bacillus cereus enterotoxins
  • Campylobacter
  • Detection of Clostridium botulinum by multiplex PCR in foods and feces
  • Multiplex PCR for the specific identification of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains in the O157:H7 complex
  • Pulsenet's step-by-step laboratory protocol for molecular subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes by macrorestriction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
  • Plesiomonas shigelloides
  • Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as a molecular technique in Salmonella epidemiological studies
  • Kits for the detection of food poisoning toxins produced by Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus
  • Microbiological and molecular methods to identify and characterize toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from food samples
  • HPLC measurement of aflatoxin B1 and metabolites in isolated rat hepatocytes
  • Detection of noroviruses of genogroups I and II in drinking water by real-time one-step rRT-PCR
  • Detection of enteroviruses
  • Detection of hepatitis A virus and rotavirus using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification
  • Isolation and characterization of cathepsin-L1 protease from Fasciola hepatica excretory/secretory products for the serodiagnosis of human fasciolosis
  • Molecular biology methods for detection and identification of Cryptososporidium species in feces, water and shellfish
  • Molecular identification of nematode worms from seafood (Anisakis spp. and Pseudoterranova spp.) and meat (Trichinella spp.)
  • Approaches to developing quantitative risk assessment models
  • A review of surveillance networks of food-borne diseases