Detection and quantification of Citrobacter freundii and C. braakii by 5′-nuclease polymerase chain reaction

Current Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-232

  Kaclíková, Eva ^a   Krascsenicsová, Klára ^a   Pangallo, Domenico ^b   Kuchta, Tomáš ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; NUCLEASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER BRAAKII; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER BRAAKII; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 26444439146     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-4528-3     Document Type: Article

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