Rapid concentration and molecular enrichment approach for sensitive detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella species in potable water samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6199-6207

  Maheux, Andrée F ^a,b   Bissonnette, Luc ^a,b   Boissinot, Maurice ^a,b   Bernier, Jean Luc T ^a   Huppé, Vicky ^a   Picard, François J ^a   Bérubé, Ève ^a   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE-BASED METHODS; DETECTION LIMITS; E. COLI; EPA METHOD; INTEGRATED METHOD; REAL-TIME PCR; SENSITIVE DETECTION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALGAE; CELL CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

POTABLE WATER;

ELONGATION FACTOR TU;

AGAR; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA; TIME;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 80052724481     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02337-10     Document Type: Article

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