Quantification of endospore-forming firmicutes by quantitative PCR with the functional gene spo0A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5302-5312

  Bueche, Matthieu ^a   Wunderlin, Tina ^a   Roussel Delif, Ludovic ^a   Junier, Thomas ^a   Sauvain, Loic ^a   Jeanneret, Nicole ^a   Junier, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; CONTAMINATION PROBLEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HIGH-SENSITIVITY DETECTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

GENES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA;

EID: 84884235436     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01376-13     Document Type: Article

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