Droplet digital PCR for absolute quantification of pathogens

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1302, Issue , 2015, Pages 331-347

  Gutiérrez Aguirre, Ion ^a   Rački, Nejc ^a   Dreo, Tanja ^a   Ravnikar, Maja ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Absolute quantification; Bacteria; Digital PCR; Droplet digital PCR; Plant pathogens; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84929630504     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2620-6_24     Document Type: Article

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