Rapid and sensitive identification of pathogenic and apathogenic Bacillus anthracis by real-time PCR

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Nattermann, Herbert ^a   Özel, Muhsin ^a   Beutin, Lothar ^a   Appel, Bernd ^a   Pauli, Georg ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus group; Bioterrorist attack; Real time PCR; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; INOCULATION; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TAQ POLYMERASE; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 0037183379     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00837-6     Document Type: Article

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