A real-time PCR-based strategy for the detection of Paenibacillus larvae vegetative cells and spores to improve the diagnosis and the screening of American foulbrood

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 603-610

  Martinez J ^a   Simon, V ^a   Gonzalez, B ^b,c   Conget, Paulette ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

16S rRNA specific primers; American foulbrood; Flow cytometry; Paenibacillus larvae; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; RNA;

16S RRNA; AMERICAN FOULBROOD; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; REAL-TIME PCR; SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

CELL CULTURE;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HONEYBEE; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORE;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HONEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCREENING TEST; VEGETATIVE CELL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 77952208406     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02840.x     Document Type: Article

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