Development of a competitive PCR assay for the quantification of total Escherichia coli DNA in water

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-572

  Banu, Omar Kousar ^a   George, Barnard Tobias ^a   Paul, Jagals ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competitive polymerase chain reaction (c PCR); Escherichia coli; Internal standard; Waters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76649106787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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