Method for rapid and sensitive detection of Enterococcus sp. and Enterococcus faecalis/faecium cells in potable water samples

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2342-2354

  Maheux, Andrée F ^a,b   Bissonnette, Luc ^a,b   Boissinot, Maurice ^a,b   Bernier, Jean Luc T ^a   Huppé, Vicky ^a   Bérubé, Ève ^a   Boudreau, Dominique K ^a   Picard, François J ^a   Huletsky, Ann ^a,b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water analysis; Enterococcus faecalis faecium; Enterococcus sp.; Filtration membrane dissolution procedure; Real time PCR; Whole genome amplification

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; DISSOLUTION; MICROFILTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER FILTRATION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; REAL-TIME PCR; WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATIONS;

POTABLE WATER;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAGENOCOCCUS; TETRAGENOCOCCUS SOLITARIUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; TETRAGENOCOCCUS SOLITARIUS;

EID: 79951942478     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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