Development of an IMS-PCR assay for the detection of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis in water

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Whan, L ^a   Ball, H J ^b   Grant, I R ^a   Rowe, M T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Immunomagnetic separation polymerase chain reaction; Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis; Water

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CHAINS; PORE SIZE; WATER FILTRATION;

DETECTION METHODS; DISTILLED WATER; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIA AVIUM SSP.; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PCR METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVE DETECTION; TWEEN 80;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DRINKING WATER; POLYSORBATE 80; WATER;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FILTRATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 16344391050     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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