Propidium monoazide combined with real-time quantitative PCR to quantify viable Alternaria spp. contamination in tomato products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-220

  Crespo Sempere, Ana ^a   Estiarte, Núria ^a   Marín, Sonia ^a   Sanchis, Vicente ^a   Ramos, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternaria spp.; Mycotoxins; Propidium monoazide; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Tomato

Indexed keywords

DYE; PROPIDIUM MONOAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA ARBORESCENS; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ALTERNARIA TOMATICOLA; ALTERNARIA TOMATO; ALTERNARIA TOMATOPHILA; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALIA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84879520650     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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