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Arcobacter spp. in retail foodstuffs in Ireland: optimising isolation procedures and an investigatio

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  • Project start date: 1 October 2004
  • Project status: Completed
  • Discipline: Microbiology and food hygiene
  • Author/s: Dr Robert Madden, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Collaborator/s: Single supplier

Research objective

Arcobacter species have been historically associated with veterinary diseases, notably abortion and or other reproductive disorders. More recently however, A. butzleri and A. cryaerophilus have been recognised as human foodborne pathogens, most commonly associated with gastroenteritis, but also with cases of septicaemia. The lack of standardised detection techniques and the fact that Arcobacter isolation is not a routine hospital laboratory procedure has hindered accurate assessment of association of Arcobacter with human illness.

This project optimised the isolation procedures for Arcobacter spp. The latest genotyping methods were applied and the genotype distribution was assessed. These procedures were used to examine the contamination of Irish foodstuffs.

Outputs

Research report

  • Title: Unpublished report
  • Publication date: 26 November 2005



Other outputs

Peer reviewed articles

Hamill, S., Neill, S.D. and Madden, R.H. (2008). “A comparison of media for the isolation of Arcobacter spp. from retail packs of beef”. Journal of Food Protection, 71(4):850-854.

Hamill, S., Neill, S.D. and Madden, R.H. (2008). “Use of Hugh and Leifson's medium as a simple screening test to aid in the differentiation of Arcobacter spp. from background flora during their isolation from foodstuffs”. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 47:187-191.

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