Development of real-time PCR assays for detection and quantification of Bacillus cereus group species: Differentiation of B. weihenstephanensis and rhizoid B. pseudomycoides isolates from milk

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-88

  Oliwa Stasiak, Kamila ^a   Kolaj Robin, Olga ^a   Adley, Catherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BELONG TO; CULTURE METHODS; DETECTION LIMITS; FLAGELLAR MOTORS; GENE FRAGMENTS; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN; LIGHTCYCLER; MILK SAMPLE; PCR ASSAY; Q-RT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; THURINGIENSIS;

ASSAYS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; EXTRACTION; GENE ENCODING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOTB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PSEUDOMYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79251610302     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01581-10     Document Type: Article

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