Determination of the optimal culture conditions for detecting thermophilic campylobacters in environmental water

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-88

  Lévesque, Simon ^a   St Pierre, Karen ^a   Frost, Eric ^a   Arbeit, Robert D ^b   Michaud, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Culture conditions; Environmental water; PCR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FILTRATION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 79956264683     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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