Real-time PCR method to detect Enterococcus faecalis in water

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-265

  Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a,b   Siefring, Shawn C ^a   Haugland, Richard A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcusfaecalis; Fecal enterococci; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0037297053     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022303118122     Document Type: Article

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