Development and evaluation of PCR assays for the detection of Paenibacillus larvae in honey samples: Comparison with isolation and biochemical characterization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1504-1510

  Bakonyi, Tamás ^a   Derakhshifar, Irmgard ^b   Grabensteiner, Elvira ^c   Nowotny, Norbert ^c,d  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Federal Office for Food Safety   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

HONEY SAMPLES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

LYSOZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE K; RIBOSOME RNA; WAX;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; DIGESTION; DILUTION; DNA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; HONEY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY;

APOIDEA; BACILLI; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037337201     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1504-1510.2003     Document Type: Article

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