Analytical comparison of nine PCR primer sets designed to detect the presence of Escherichia coli/Shigella in water samples

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3019-3028

  Maheux, Andrée F ^a,b   Picard, François J ^a,b   Boissinot, Maurice ^a,b   Bissonnette, Luc ^a,b   Paradis, Sonia ^a,b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; PCR; Primers; Shigella; Target gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ANALYTICAL DETECTION; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PCR PRIMER SETS; PRIMERS; SHIGELLA; TARGET GENES; WATER SAMPLES;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PROTEIN PHOE; RNA 16S; TUF PROTEIN; UIDA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; SHIGELLA;

EID: 70249115199     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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