Development and evaluation of a Taqman duplex real-time PCR quantification method for reliable enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in water samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-144

  Behets, Jonas ^a   Declerck, Priscilla ^a   Delaedt, Yasmine ^a   Creemers, Bart ^b   Ollevier, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Watervoorziening   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cooling circuit water; Duplex real time PCR; Exogenous internal positive control; Legionella pneumophila; Sensitive detection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COOLING WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

DNA, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33845986357     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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