Real-time PCR detection of environmental mycobacteria in house dust

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Torvinen, Eila ^a,b   Torkko, Pirjo ^a   Nevalainen, Aino ^a   Rintala, Helena ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Detection; Dust; Indoor air; Mycobacterium; QPCR

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSE DUST; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DUST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE;

EID: 77953544951     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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