Staphylococcal accessory gene regulator (sar) as a signature gene to detect enterotoxigenic staphylococci

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 974-981

  Padmapriya, B P ^a   Ramesh, A ^a   Chandrashekar, A ^a   Varadaraj, M C ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Enterotoxins; Gene probe; PCR; sarA gene; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COLONY HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD SYSTEM; GENE PROBE; GENE REGULATORS; PCR; SARA GENE; SIGNATURE GENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

PROBES;

DIGOXIGENIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN;

FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE; MARKER GENE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SARA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0242383513     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02069.x     Document Type: Article

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