Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in sewage-impacted waters and aquatic weeds: Quantitative PCR for culture-independent enumeration

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1007-1014

  Ram, S ^a   Vajpayee, P ^a   Shanker, R ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Comparison; Culture independent; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Environmental samples; Quantitative enumeration; Real time PCR chemistries

Indexed keywords

FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTABLE WATER; PROBES; SEWAGE;

AQUATIC WEEDS; COMPARISON; CULTURE INDEPENDENT; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; QUANTITATIVE ENUMERATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR CHEMISTRY; WATER WEEDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DNA; DRINKING WATER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; WEED;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; STUDENT T TEST; WEED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76449113200     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04501.x     Document Type: Article

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