Identification of Agrobacterium spp. present within Brassica napus seed by Taqman PCR - Implications for GM screening procedures

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 338-343

  Weller, Simon A ^a   Simpkins, Sean A ^a   Stead, David E ^a   Kurdziel, Andrew ^a   Hird, Heather ^a   Weekes, Rebecca J ^a  

^a DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Canola; Oil seed rape; TaqMan PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRASSICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SCREENING;

BRASSICA NAPUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SEEDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0036401551     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0461-z     Document Type: Article

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