Multiplex PCR method for detection of three aeromonas enterotoxin genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 425-433

  Bin Kingombe, Cesar I ^a   D'Aoust, Jean Yves ^a   Huys, Geert ^b   Hofmann, Lisa ^a   Rao, Mary ^a   Kwan, Judy ^a  

^a Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AMPLICONS; CYTOTOXIC; ENTEROTOXIN; GENBANK; GENE COMBINATIONS; GENOME SEQUENCES; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN; MULTIPLEX PCR; PATTERN COMBINATION; REFERENCE STRAINS; SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLEXING;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOLYTIC ENTEROTOXIN PROTEIN, AEROMONAS; ENTEROTOXIN; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; GENE; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. SALMONICIDA;

EID: 75249092979     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01357-09     Document Type: Article

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