Detection of Escherichia coli using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and oligonucleotide probes for 16S ribosomal RNA

Analytical Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1756-1769

  Kao, Mou Chieh ^a   Durst, Richard A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

16s rRNA; E. coli; Escherichia coli; NASBA; Nucleic acid sequence based amplification; Viable pathogen detection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954848767     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032711003654005     Document Type: Article

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