Quantification of Campylobacter spp. in pig feces by direct real-time PCR with an internal control of extraction and amplification

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Leblanc Maridor, Mily ^a,b   Garénaux, Amélie ^c   Beaudeau, François ^a,b   Chidaine, Bérangère ^d   Seegers, Henri ^a,b   Denis, Martine ^d   Belloc, Catherine ^a,b  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Feces; Pig; Quantification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; YERSINIA RUCKER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; SUIDAE; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 79952363303     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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