Detection of microbial pathogens in shellfish with multiplex PCR

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-107

  Brasher, Cynthia W ^a   DePaola, Angelo ^b   Jones, Daniel D ^a   Bej, Asim K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLORIMETRY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031844844     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900346     Document Type: Article

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