Detection of mRNA by reverse transcription-PCR as indicator of viability in Escherichia coli cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1313-1318

  Sheridan, G E C ^a   Masters, C I ^a   Shallcross, J A ^a,b   Mackey, B M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031957717     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1313-1318.1998     Document Type: Article

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