Application of multiplex PCR assay based on uidR and fliCH7 genes for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in milk

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Kumar, Ashwani ^a,b   Grover, Sunita ^a   Batish, Virender Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157:H7; FliCH7; Multiplex PCR; Raw milk; UidR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLICH7 GENE; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MILK; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UIDR GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84875431749     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.59.011     Document Type: Article

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