A multiplex PCR for detection of enterotoxin genes in Aeromonas species isolated from foods of animal origin and human diarrhoeal samples

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1721-1729

  Rather, M A ^a   Willayat, M M ^a   Wani, S A ^a   Munshi, Z H ^a   Hussain, S A ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Aeromonas spp.; Diarrhoeal samples; Enterotoxin genes; Multiplex PCR; Raw meat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MEATS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SPP; AEROMONAS SPP.; DIARRHEAL SAMPLE; ENTEROTOXIN GENE; ENTEROTOXINS; GENBANK; HYDROPHILA; MULTIPLEX PCR; RAW MEATS;

GENES;

ENDOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

FOOD QUALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEAT; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACT GENE; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS ALLOSACCHAROPHILA; AEROMONAS CAVIAE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS JANDAEI; AEROMONAS SCHUBERTII; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS TROTA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ALT GENE; ARTICLE; AST GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF; CHICKEN; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIN GENE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEAT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTTON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAW FOOD; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALIA;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84920911240     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12641     Document Type: Article

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