Detection of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in drinking water and biofilms by quantitative PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7367-7370

  Beumer, Amy ^a   King, Dawn ^b   Donohue, Maura ^b   Mistry, Jatin ^b   Covert, Terry ^c   Pfaller, Stacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROHN'S DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

BIOFILMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOFILM; DRINKING WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78149436200     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00730-10     Document Type: Article

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