Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of Listeria monocytogenes in diluted milk and reversal of PCR inhibition caused by calcium ions

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Bickley, J ^a   Short, J K ^a   McDowell, D G ^a   Parkes, H C ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHAINS; IONS; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS;

CALCIUM IONS; FAT CONTENTS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOLYSIN O; MAGNESIUM CONCENTRATIONS; MILK CONCENTRATION; MODELLING SYSTEMS; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION INHIBITION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0030070873     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01131.x     Document Type: Article

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