Enzyme treatment reverse transcription-PCR to differentiate infectious and inactivated f-specific RNA phages

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3334-3340

  Yang, Yongheng ^a   Griffiths, Mansel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; CONTAMINATION; ENZYMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

ENTERIC PATHOGENS; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENZYME TREATMENT; FECAL CONTAMINATION; PROTEINASE K; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TEST SAMPLES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; PROTEINASE K;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ENDOPEPTIDASE K; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; RNA PHAGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84899884234     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03964-13     Document Type: Article

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