Lack of specificity for PCR assays targeting human Bacteroides 16S rRNA gene: Cross-amplification with fish feces

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-43

  McLain, Jean E T ^a   Ryu, Hodon ^b   Kabiri Badr, Leila ^c   Rock, Channah M ^d   Abbaszadegan, Morteza ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Microbial source tracking; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; FECES ANALYSIS; FISH; FRESHWATER FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTEROIDES;

EID: 69949188278     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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