Real-time PCR assays for quantification and differentiation of Vibrio vulnificus strains in oysters and water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1704-1709

  Gordon, Katrina V ^a   Vickery, Michael C ^b   DePaola, Angelo ^c   Staley, Christopher ^a   Harwood, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BioGX Inc   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; PATHOGENS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RNA; WATER;

REAL-TIME PCR ASSAYS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS STRAINS;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; DETECTION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HARVESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA; SHELLFISH; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOMOGENATE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 40849106455     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01100-07     Document Type: Article

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