Comparison of Enterococcus quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis results from fresh and marine waters on two real-time instruments

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 430, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-74

  Sivaganensan, Mano ^a   Varma, Manju ^b   Haugland, Richard A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Enterococcus; Instrument; qPCR; Water

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; INSTRUMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BAYESIAN STATISTICAL MODEL; COMPARISON; ENTEROCOCCUS; INSTRUMENT COMPARISON; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84865703668     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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