Multiplex PCR assay for toxinotyping Clostridium perfringens isolates obtained from Finnish broiler chickens

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 407-411

  Heikinheimo, Annamari ^a   Korkeala, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cpa; cpb; cpe; etx; Gene; iA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

(CPA), BETA; BROILER CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CPA; CPE; ETX; FINNISH; IOTA; PCR ASSAY; TOXIN GENES;

GENES;

ENTEROTOXIN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CPE GENE; GENE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 20044388375     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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