Rapid Detection and Simultaneous Genotyping of Cronobacter spp. (formerly Enterobacter sakazakii) in Powdered Infant Formula Using Real-time PCR and High Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cai, Xian Quan ^a,b   Yu, Hai Qiong ^c   Ruan, Zhou Xi ^d   Yang, Lei Liang ^b   Bai, Jian Shan ^e   Qiu, De Yi ^b   Jian, Zhi Hua ^b   Xiao, Yi Qian ^b   Yang, Jie Yang ^b   Le, Thanh Hoa ^f   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Zhongshan Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^c Guangdong Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^d Shenzhen Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^e Guangzhou Airport Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRONOBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRONOBACTER; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POWDERS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 84879370199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067082     Document Type: Article

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