The detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in surface water by quantitative PCR amplification of the ail and yadA genes

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-499

  Cheyne, Bo M ^a   Van Dyke, Michele I ^a   Anderson, William B ^a   Huck, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotype 1A; PCR; Surface water; Virulence genes; Watershed; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; ADHESIN; AIL PROTEIN, YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YADA PROTEIN, YERSINIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; DRINKING WATER; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE WATER; VIRULENCE; WATER QUALITY;

AIL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; COLD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; YADA GENE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RIO GRANDE BASIN [NORTH AMERICA];

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 77955832640     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.215     Document Type: Article

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