Use of molecular beacons and multi-allelic real-time PCR for detection of and discrimination between virulent Bacillus anthracis and other Bacillus isolates

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Hadjinicolaou, Andreas V ^a   Demetriou, Victoria L ^a   Hezka, Johana ^a   Beyer, Wolfgang ^b   Hadfield, Ted L ^c   Kostrikis, Leondios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis detection; Molecular beacons; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAPA GENE; CAPB GENE; CAPC GENE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LEF GENE; MOLECULAR BEACON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349227423     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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