Screening of bacterial contamination during gelatine production by means of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, focussed on Bacillus and related endospore-forming genera

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1333-1341

  De Clerck, E ^a,b   Gevers, D ^b   De Ridder, K ^a   De Vos, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Gelatine production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS;

16S RDNA; AMPLICONS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS; GELATIN PRODUCTION; GELATIN SAMPLES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA 16S; GELATIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS FUMARIOLI; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS FUMARIOLI; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2542600723     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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