Comparison of sensitivity between real-tim detection of a TaqMan assay for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and conventional detection

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Garland, Stephen ^a   Wood, John ^b   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Pisces Molecular   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Conventional; PCR; TaqMan assay

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOASSAY; BROMIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 79956321226     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02327     Document Type: Article

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