Real-time PCR assay to differentiate listeriolysin S-positive and -negative strains of Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Clayton, Evelyn M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELONG TO; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; DETECTION LIMITS; ESSENTIAL GENE; FOOD INDUSTRIES; GENOME EQUIVALENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SPECIES; LISTERIOSIS; MONOCYTOGENES; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY;

DISEASES; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN;

LISTERIA;

HEMOLYSIN; LISTERIOLYSIN S, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 79251649189     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01673-10     Document Type: Article

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