Propidium monoazide combined with real-time quantitative PCR underestimates heat-killed Listeria innocua

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-169

  Løvdal, Trond ^a   Hovda, Maria Befring ^a   Björkblom, Benny ^b,c   Møller, Simon G ^b,c  

^a Norconserv AS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Listeria innocua; Propidium monoazide; Quantitative real time PCR; Viability

Indexed keywords

DYE; GENOMIC DNA; PROPIDIUM MONOAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA INNOCUA; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AZIDES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; LISTERIA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

LISTERIA INNOCUA;

EID: 79953207371     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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