Evaluation of the use of PCR and reverse transcriptase PCR for detection of pathogenic bacteria in biosolids from anaerobic digestors and aerobic composters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4618-4627

  Burtscher, Carola ^a,c   Wuertz, Stefan ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Referat Z5   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; GENES;

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPOSTING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA; DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0042029471     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4618-4627.2003     Document Type: Article

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