Development of a PCR assay targeting the rpoA gene for the screening of vibrio genus

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Dalmasso, Alessandra ^a   la Neve, Fabio ^a   Suffredini, Elisabetta ^b   Croci, Luciana ^b   Serracca, Laura ^c   Bottero, Maria Teresa ^a   Civera, Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

PCR; rpoA; Vibrio spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 70350648581     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-009-9089-9     Document Type: Article

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