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Food Microbiology Protocols

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. John F. T. Spencer

    1. Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiologicos, San Miguel Tucumán, Argentina

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  2. Alicia L. Ragout Spencer

    1. Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiologicos, San Miguel Tucumán, Argentina

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Part of the book series: Methods in Biotechnology (MIBT, volume 14)

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Table of contents (45 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Spoilage Organisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Psychrotrophic Microorganisms

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 3-10

    3. Biochemical Identification of Most Frequently Encountered Bacteria That Cause Food Spoilage

      • Maria Luisa Genta, Humberto Heluane
      Pages 11-24

    4. Mesophilic Aerobic Microorganisms

      • Annavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 25-26

    5. Yeasts and Molds

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 27-28

    6. Coliforms

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 29-36

    7. Genetic Analysis of Food Spoilage Yeasts

      • Stephen A. James, Matthew D. Collins, Ian N. Roberts
      Pages 37-51

  3. Pathogens

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Conductimetric Method for Evaluating Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes

      • Graciela Font de Valdez, Graciela Lorca, María Pía Taranto
      Pages 55-59

    3. Molecular Detection of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Its Toxins in Beef

      • Kasthuri J. Venkateswaran
      Pages 61-66

    4. Detection of Listeria monocytogenes by the Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Technique

      • Burton W. Blais, Geoff Turner
      Pages 67-83

    5. Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Immunomagnetic Separation and Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

      • Ian G. Wilson
      Pages 85-94

    6. Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. from Foods by Polymerase Chain Reaction

      • Haiyan Wang, Lai-King Ng, Jeff M. Farber
      Pages 95-106

    7. Magnetic Capture Hybridization Polymerase Chain Reaction

      • Jinru Chen, Mansel W. Griffiths
      Pages 107-110

    8. Enterococci

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 111-112

    9. Salmonella

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 113-117

    10. Campylobacter

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 119-123

    11. Listeria monocytogenes

      • Anavella Gaitán Herrera
      Pages 125-131

  4. Fermented Foods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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About this book

Two of the recent books in the Methods in Molecular Biology series, Yeast Protocols and Pichia Protocols, have been narrowly focused on yeasts and, in the latter case, particular species of yeasts. Food Microbiology Pro- cols, of necessity, covers a very wide range of microorganisms. Our book treats four categories of microorganisms affecting foods: (1) Spoilage organisms; (2) pathogens; (3) microorganisms in fermented foods; and (4) microorganisms p- ducing metabolites that affect the flavor or nutritive value of foods. Detailed information is given on each of these categories. There are several chapters devoted to the microorganisms associated with fermented foods: these are of increasing importance in food microbiology, and include one bacteriophage that kills the lactic acid bacteria involved in the manufacture of different foods—cottage cheese, yogurt, sauerkraut, and many others. The other nine chapters give procedures for the maintenance of lactic acid bacteria, the isolation of plasmid and genomic DNA from species of Lac- bacillus, determination of the proteolytic activity of lactic acid bacteria, det- mination of bacteriocins, and other important topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiologicos, San Miguel Tucumán, Argentina

    John F. T. Spencer, Alicia L. Ragout Spencer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Food Microbiology Protocols

  • Editors: John F. T. Spencer, Alicia L. Ragout Spencer

  • Series Title: Methods in Biotechnology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1385/1592590292

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-867-7Published: 12 December 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-230-8Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-029-2Published: 05 February 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1940-6061

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-607X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 494

  • Topics: Microbiology

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