Detection and quantification of viable Bacillus cereus in food by RT-qPCR

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 232, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 951-955

  Martínez Blanch, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Sánchez, Gloria ^b   Garay, Esperanza ^a   Aznar, Rosa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Food; Reverse transcription real time PCR; Viable forms

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION CURVES; DETECTION LIMITS; FOOD; FOOD SAMPLES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; REAL-TIME PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION REAL-TIME PCR; RNA EXTRACTION; SPECIFIC DETECTION; VIABLE FORMS;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 79957525053     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-011-1465-1     Document Type: Article

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