Reverse transcriptase real-time PCR for detection and quantification of viable Campylobacter jejuni directly from poultry faecal samples

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-72

  Bui, Xuan Thanh ^a   Wolff, Anders ^a   Madsen, Mogens ^b   Bang, Dang Duong ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Dianova Ltd   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Campylobacter survival; Chicken faeces; MRNA; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; FECES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POULTRY DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84855920658     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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