A multiplex PCR for species- and virulence-specific determination of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-140

  Liu, Dongyou ^a   Lawrence, Mark L ^a   Austin, Frank W ^a   Ainsworth, A Jerald ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Internalin; Listeria monocytogenes; PCR; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; INLA GENE; INLB GENE; INLC GENE; INLJ GENE; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS;

EID: 35148830364     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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