Multiplex quantitative PCR assays for the detection and quantification of the six major non-O157 Escherichia coli serogroups in cattle feces

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-74

  Shridhar, P B ^a   Noll, L W ^a   Shi, X ^a   An, B ^a   Cernicchiaro, N ^a   Renter, D G ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a   Bai, J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; O ANTIGENS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84954472196     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-319     Document Type: Article

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