Comparison of quantitative PCR and droplet digital PCR multiplex assays for two genera of bloom-forming cyanobacteria, Cylindrospermopsis and Microcystis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 5203-5211

  Te, Shu Harn ^a   Chen, Enid Yingru ^a   Gin, Karina Yew Hoong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DROPS; GENES; MULTIPLEXING; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER QUALITY;

COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE CORRELATION; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; INHIBITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; MICROCYSTIS;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIMER DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCYSTIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; DNA PRIMERS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROCYSTIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84936967098     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00931-15     Document Type: Article

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