Rapid Quantification of Yersinia enterocolitica in Pork Samples by a Novel Sample Preparation Method, Flotation, Prior to Real-Time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1042-1047

  Wolffs, Petra ^a   Knutsson, Rickard ^b   Norling, Börje ^c   Rådström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Medprobe   (Sweden)

^c Quintessence Research AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PURIFICATION; FLOTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEAT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; FECES; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 1542513866     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1042-1047.2004     Document Type: Article

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