A PCR-based assay for the detection of Escherichia coli Shiga-like toxin genes in ground beef

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1347-1353

  Witham, Paula K ^a   Yamashiro, Carl T ^b   Livak, Kenneth J ^b   Batt, Carl A ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029928878     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1347-1353.1996     Document Type: Article

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