Direct detection of Brucella spp. in raw milk by PCR and reverse hybridization with 16S-23S rRNA spacer probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1683-1688

  Rijpens, Nancy P ^a   Jannes, Geert ^b   Van Asbroeck, Marina ^b   Rossau, Rudi ^b   Herman, Lieve M F ^a  

^a Belgian Government Dairy Research Station   (Belgium)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA PROBE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS;

EID: 0029882858     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1683-1688.1996     Document Type: Article

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