Development of an internal control for evaluation and standardization of a quantitative PCR assay for detection of Helicobacter pylori in drinking water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7380-7387

  Sen, Keya ^a   Schable, Nancy A ^a,b   Lye, Dennis J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; POTABLE WATER;

CHLORINE DISINFECTANTS; DNA EXTRACTION KITS; SINGLE-COPY PLASMIDS; SODIUM THIOSULFATES;

BACTERIA;

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT; DRINKING WATER; DYE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; DRINKING WATER; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 36648999604     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00687-07     Document Type: Article

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