Multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of bacteria of the genus Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, and major serotypes and epidemic clones of L. monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6299-6304

  Chen, Yi ^a   Knabel, Stephen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; PATHOGENS; SCREENING;

FOOD-BORNE PATHOGEN; GENUS LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SEROTYPES; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLONE CELLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 35148880037     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00961-07     Document Type: Article

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