Effect of non-target cells on the sensitivity of the PCR for Escherichia coli O157: H7

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-112

  Weaver, J W ^b   Rowe, M T ^a,b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CELL POPULATIONS; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; PATHOGENIC E-COLI; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; TARGET CELLS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

T-CELLS;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO PHAGE NT-1;

EID: 0030841928     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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