Use of hybridization assay and direct immuno assay for detection of Salmonella spp. in surface waters and a comparison with conventional culture procedure

New Microbiologica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-287

  Marranzano, M ^a   Castagna, A ^a   Pitrolo, S ^a   Ursino, A ^a   Mauro, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct immunoassay; Probes DNA; Salmonella; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FRESH WATER; ITALY; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031183163     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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