Comparison of gull feces-specific assays targeting the 16S rRNA Genes of Catellicoccus marimammalium and Streptococcus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1909-1916

  Ryu, Hodon ^a   Griffith, John F ^b   Khan, Izhar U H ^c   Hill, Stephen ^c   Edge, Thomas A ^c   Toledo Hernandez, Carlos ^d   Gonzalez Nieves, Joel ^d   Domingoa, Jorge Santo ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; AVIAN SPECIES; CLONE LIBRARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; FECAL SAMPLES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HOST-SPECIFICITY; POSITIVE SIGNALS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RECREATIONAL WATER; SYBR GREEN; WATER SAMPLES;

GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ASSAYS;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; FECES; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AVES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857870577     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07192-11     Document Type: Article

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