date:Aug 08, 2012
aim it detectsone to 5cfu of pathogenic STEC, with proprietary assay designs that lower chances for false positives and eliminate false negatives and offer clearance of 375g of ground beef and beef trim samples in 10 hours.
Meat producers require a faster and simpler method to detect multiple STEC strains, which can include the O157:H7 serotype and more than 100 non-O157 strains, said Life Technologies.
The current six-day process is too long, requires too many reagents, and significant techni