PCR targeting of antibiotic resistant bacteria in public drinking water of lahore metropolitan, Pakistan

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-463

  Samra, Zahoor Qadir ^a,c   Naseem, Mariam ^a   Khan, Sumaria Javed ^a   Dar, Nadia ^b   Athar, Muhammad Amin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b Jinnah Degree College for Women   (Pakistan)

^c Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Colony hybridization; Kanamycin; PCR; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77649172004     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60002-5     Document Type: Article

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