Multiplex PCR assay targeting a diguanylate cyclase-encoding gene, cgcA, to differentiate species within the genus Cronobacter

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 734-737

  Carter, L ^a   Lindsey, L A ^a,c   Grim, C J ^a,b   Sathyamoorthy, V ^a   Jarvis, K G ^a   Gopinath, G ^a   Lee, C ^a   Sadowski, J A ^a   Trach, L ^a   Pava Ripoll, M ^a   McCardell, B A ^a   Tall, B D ^a   Hu, L ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLASES; MULTIPLEX PCR; PCR ASSAY;

MULTIPLEXING;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRONOBACTER; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CRONOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871877681     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02898-12     Document Type: Article

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