Identification of heat resistant Escherichia coli by qPCR for the locus of heat resistance

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 133, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-89

  Ma, Angela ^a   Chui, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Heat shock response; qPCR; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; GENE LOCUS; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC LOCI; HOT TEMPERATURE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85008343512     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.12.019     Document Type: Article

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