title: Nucleic acid probes for the food industry.
abstract: Recombinant DNA technology has revolutionised microbiological analysis by providing rapid and sensitive methods for the direct detection and identification of organisms. These advances have been most successfully applied to basic research and to clinical microbiology. Continued improvements in the techniques and in assay formats have now brought them to the stage where they could be useful on an industrial scale. The use of nucleic acid techniques for the identification of bacteria of importance to the food industry is discussed with emphasis on developments in practical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dooley