An automated fluorescent PCR method for detection of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli in foods /

Míreanna Comhchosúla

• Association of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli hemolysin with serotypes of shiga-like-toxin-producing escherichia coli of human and bovine origins /
• PCR-based DNA amplification and presumptive detection of escherichia coli O157 :H7 with an internal fluorogenic probe and the 5' nuclease (TaqMan) assay /
• Detection of hemolysin variants of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli by PCR and culture on vancomycin cefixime-cefsulodin blood agar /
• Comparison of shiga toxin production by hemolytic-uremic syndrome-associated and bovine-associated shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli isolates /
• Influence of cold stress on the preliminary enrichment time needed for detection of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli in ground beef by PCR /