Development of a Quantitative Competitive PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3291-3294

  Li, Wenli ^b   Drake, Mary Anne ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035409320     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3291-3294.2001     Document Type: Article

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