A fibre-optic biosensor for detection of microbial contamination

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 339-349

  Almadidy, Amer ^a   Watterson, James ^a   Piunno, Paul A E ^b   Foulds, Inge V ^a   Horgen, Paul A ^a   Krull, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FONA Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosensor; DNA; E. coli; Fibre optic; Fluorescence; Hybridization; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS;

STRANDS;

BIOSENSORS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA; GLASS FIBER; INTERCALATING AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; SALMON SPERM PROTEIN; SYBR 101; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBER OPTIC BIOSENSOR; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; LACZ GENE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041367308     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/v03-070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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