Specific Detection of Viable Legionella Cells by Combined Use of Photoactivated Ethidium Monoazide and PCR/Real-Time PCR
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Specific detection of viable Legionella cells by combined use of photoactivated ethidium monoazide and PCR/real-time PCR.
Legionella organisms are prevalent in manmade water systems and cause legionellosis in humans. A rapid detection method for viable Legionella cells combining ethidium monoazide (EMA) and PCR/real-time PCR was assessed. EMA could specifically intercalate and cleave the genomic DNA of heat- and chlorine-treated dead Legionella cells. The EMA-PCR assay clearly showed an amplified fragment specific...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00604-08