Multiplex quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR for F +-specific RNA coliphages: A method for use in microbial source tracking

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 808-814

  Kirs, Marek ^a,c   Smith, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOREMEDIATION; COASTAL ZONES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA; SEAWATER;

COLIPHAGES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE-PCR (RT-PCR);

ENZYME KINETICS;

RNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMEDIATION; RNA; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CALCULATION; COASTAL WATERS; COLIPHAGE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTIPLEX QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; COLIPHAGES; DNA PRIMERS; F FACTOR; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PHAGES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

LEVIVIRIDAE;

EID: 33846906685     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00399-06     Document Type: Article

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