Specific detection of Arcobacter spp. in estuarine waters of Southern Italy by PCR and fluorescent in situ hybridization

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Fera, M T ^a   Gugliandolo, C ^b   Lentini, V ^b   Favaloro, A ^a   Bonanno, D ^a   La Camera, E ^a   Maugeri, T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcobacter; FISH; PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; ESTUARIES; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; MEATS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ARCOBACTER; CELL MORPHOLOGY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; ESTUARINE WATERS; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATED SPECIES; MOLECULAR METHODS; PCR ASSAY; PCR TECHNIQUES; SINGLE CELLS; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPECIFIC DETECTION; WATER SAMPLES;

CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESTUARY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ITALY;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS;

EID: 72149110642     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02767.x     Document Type: Article

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