Internal control for nucleic acid testing based on the use of purified Bacillus atrophaeus subsp. globigii spores

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 751-757

  Picard, François J ^a,b   Gagnon, Martin ^a   Bernier, Marthe R ^a   Parham, Nicholas J ^a   Bastien, Martine ^a   Boissinot, Maurice ^a,b   Peytavi, Régis ^a,b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS GLOBIGII; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 62749158339     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01746-08     Document Type: Article

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