Freezing induces biased results in the molecular detection of Flavobacterium columnare

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1702-1704

  Suomalainen, Lotta Riina ^a   Reunanen, Hilkka ^a   Ijäs, Ritva ^a   Valtonen, E Tellervo ^a   Tiirola, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

FALSE-NEGATIVE RESULTS; FISH PATHOGENS; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; PROLONGED ENRICHMENT CULTIVATION;

BACTERIA;

DNA;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FREEZING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAWING;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FREEZING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE;

EID: 33144479340     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1702-1704.2006     Document Type: Article

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