Real-time PCR method for detection of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in food

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6060-6067

  Thisted Lambertz, S ^a   Nilsson, C ^a   Hallanvuo, S ^b   Lindblad, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b Environmental and Food Research Laboratory (TavastLab)   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROL THEORY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; MEATS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLLUTION DETECTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

AMPLICON; AMPLICONS; COMPLETE METHODS; CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHODS; DETECTION METHODS; DIVERSE RANGES; DNA EXTRACTIONS; FOOD SAMPLES; GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL AMPLIFICATION CONTROLS; MINCED BEEVES; PCR AMPLIFICATIONS; PCR METHODS; PCR PRODUCTS; REFERENCE METHODS; SEQUENCING; TAQMAN PROBES; TIME CONSUMING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

COSMIC RAYS;

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN AIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIL PROTEIN, YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FOOD POISONING; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBE; REAL TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STANDARD;

DAUCUS CAROTA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 54449097683     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00405-08     Document Type: Article

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