Development and field testing of a real-time PCR assay for cylindrospermopsin-producing cyanobacteria

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1503-1515

  Rasmussen, J P ^a   Giglio, S ^a   Monis, P T ^a   Campbell, R J ^a   Saint, C P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical rapid methods; Biotechnology; Enumeration; Environmental water; Genes; Molecular genetic; Polymerase chain reaction; Toxins

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GENES; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL/RAPID METHOD; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; ENUMERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAPID METHOD; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SPECIFIC SEQUENCES; TOXIN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; TESTING METHOD; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; FIELD STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPOC1 GENE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

EID: 42149158951     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03676.x     Document Type: Article

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