Quantification of viable Plesiomonas shigelloides in a mixture of viable and dead cells using ethidium bromide monoazide and conventional PCR

Food Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-159

  Gu, Weimin ^a   Levin, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead cells; Ethidium bromide monoazide (EMA); Plesiomonas shigelloides; Quantitative PCR; Viable cells

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; REACTION KINETICS;

DEAD CELLS; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE MONOAZIDE (EMA); PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BACTERIA;

PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES;

EID: 34447120694     PISSN: 08905436     EISSN: 15324249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905430701410548     Document Type: Article

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