Development and evaluation of rpoB based PCR systems to differentiate the six proposed species within the genus Cronobacter

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-168

  Stoop, B ^a   Lehner, A ^a   Iversen, C ^b   Fanning, S ^b   Stephan, R ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cronobacter spp.; PCR; rpoB gene; Species identification

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONOBACTER DUBLINENSIS; CRONOBACTER GENOMOSPECIES 1; CRONOBACTER MALONATICUS; CRONOBACTER MUYTJENSII; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; CRONOBACTER TURICENSIS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71649089141     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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