Detection and Typing Strategies for Pathogenic Escherichia coli

• Main Authors: Rivas, Lucia (Author), Mellor, Glen E. (Author), Gobius, Kari (Author), Fegan, Narelle (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Microbiology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Bacteriology.; Food Science.; Applied Microbiology.

This Brief will review the methods that are currently available for the detection, isolation, and typing of pathogenic E. coli with a particular focus on foodborne diseases caused by the Shiga toxigenic E. coli group, which have been implicated in a number of significant outbreaks in recent years. P...