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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 111, Issue 1, Pages 21-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.032
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multiplex PCR; E. coli; S. typhimurium; L. monocytogenes; enrichment; limit of detection
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A multiplex PCR procedure was established to detect Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium in artificially inoculated wheat grain. The PCR protocol with an enrichment step successfully detected all three organisms inoculated together in non-autoclaved wheat grain. After a one day enrichment, E. coli, L. monocytogenes and S. typhimurium were detected at levels of 56, 1800 and < 54 CFU/mL, respectively, in the initial sample. For L. monocytogenes, an improved detection limit of < 62 CFU/mL was achieved using singleplex PCR. For autoclaved wheat grain inoculated with the three bacterial strains individually, a detection limit of 3 CFU/mL was achieved after an enrichment step. The ability to test for the three bacteria simultaneously will save time and increase the ability to assure grain quality. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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