ITS-based detection and quantification of Alternaria spp. in raw and processed vegetables by real-time quantitative PCR

Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-171

  Pavón, Miguel ángel ^a   González, Isabel ^a   Martín, Rosario ^a   García Lacarra, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternaria spp.; Commercial foodstuffs; TaqMan real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; SPACER DNA;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEGETABLE;

ALTERNARIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VEGETABLES;

ALTERNARIA; DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84864348831     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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