Unsuitable distinction between viable and dead Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis by ethidium bromide monoazide

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-638

  Kobayashi, H ^a   Oethinger, M ^a   Tuohy, M J ^a   Hall, G S ^a   Bauer, Thomas W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial viability; Ethidium bromide monoazide; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; COSMIC RAYS; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUOROMETERS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PUMPS;

BACTERIAL VIABILITY; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE MONOAZIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

DYE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE MONOAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 64849090618     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02585.x     Document Type: Article

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