Sensitive detection of Shiga toxin 2 and some of Its variants in environmental samples by a novel immuno-PCR assay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3558-3564

  He, Xiaohua ^a   Qi, Wenyuan ^b   Quiñones, Beatriz ^a   McMahon, Stephanie ^a   Cooley, Michael ^a   Mandrell, Robert E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE METHODS; DETECTION LIMITS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; DNA MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; REAL-TIME PCR; ROBUST DETECTION; SCREENING METHODS; SENSITIVE DETECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LANDFORMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

VEROTOXIN 2;

ASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXIN; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 79958294582     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02205-10     Document Type: Article

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