Evaluation of low-copy genetic targets for waterborne bacterial pathogen detection via qPCR

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3378-3388

  Clark, Shawn T ^a   Gilbride, Kimberley A ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a   Laursen, Andrew E ^a   Bostan, Vadim ^a   Pushchak, Ronald ^a   McCarthy, Lynda H ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Pathogen detection; Real time quantitative PCR; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFILTRATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CULTURABILITY; E.COLI O157:H7; FRESH WATER; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN DETECTION; PRIMER SETS; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; S. TYPHIMURIUM; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATERBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS;

CELLS;

BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 79955969697     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.050     Document Type: Article

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