Real-time polymerase chain reaction for the food microbiologist: Technologies, applications, and limitations

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Hanna, Scott E ^a   Connor, Christopher J ^a   Wang, Hua H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food microbiology; Rapid methods; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644386221     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb07149.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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