UID:
almafu_9959000123102883
Format:
1 online resource (347 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2003.
ISBN:
1-280-84227-X
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9786610842278
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1-59259-344-5
Series Statement:
Methods in Molecular Biology, 216
Content:
Because the number of published PCR procedures is already large and rising steadily, there is a need to critically evaluate and eventually standardize its methodology so that laboratory diagnosticians can select optimal techniques for their own work. In PCR Detection of Microbial Pathogens, hands-on laboratory experts present a set of "classic" PCR-based methods for the identification and detection of important animal and food microbial pathogens, including several zoonotic agents. Described in step-by-step detail to ensure successful experimental results, these proven techniques can be precisely applied to a wide variety of microbes, among them Campylobacter spp., chlamydiae, toxigenic clostridia, Escherichia coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes, mycoplasmas, salmonellae, and Yersinia enterocolitica. Additional chapters review the specificity and performance of diagnostic PCR analysis, the pre-PCR processing of samples, the critical aspects of standardizing PCR methods, and the general issues involved in using PCR technology for microbial diagnosis. Each article details a validated technique that explains the principles involved, provides stepwise instructions and a list of materials, and includes notes describing problems that may arise, as well as possible alternative procedures. Authoritative and easy-to-use, PCR Detection of Microbial Pathogens offers microbiologists, veterinary diagnosticians, and food analysts powerful state-of-the-art tools designed not only to expand their knowledge of the potential of DNA-based diagnostic methods, but also to help select those techniques best suited to their specific practical needs.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Reviews -- Specificity and Performance of Diagnostic PCR Assays -- Pre-PCR Processing of Samples -- Critical Aspects of Standardization of PCR -- PCR Technology and Applications to Zoonotic Food-Borne Bacterial Pathogens -- Protocols -- Detection, Identification, and Subtyping of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae -- Identification and Differentiation of Brucella abortus Field and Vaccine Strains by BaSS-PCR -- Isolation of Campylobacter and Identification byPCR -- Detection and Differentiation of Chlamydiae by Nested PCR -- Detection of Toxigenic Clostridia -- PCR-Based Detection of Coxiella burnetii from Clinical Samples -- Detection and Subtyping of ShigaToxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) -- Detection of Listeria monocytogenes Using a PCR/DNA Probe Assay -- Detection of Leptospira interrogans -- Detection of Pathogenic Mycobacteria of Veterinary Importance -- Multiplex PCR of Avian Pathogenic Mycoplasmas -- Detection and Differentiation of Ruminant Mycoplasmas -- Detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from Clinical Samples and Air -- PCR-Detection of Hemophilus paragallinarum, Hemophilus somnus, Mannheimia (Pasteurella) hemolytica, Mannheimia spp., Pasteurella trehalosi, and Pasteurella multocida -- Detection of Salmonella spp. -- Detection of Toxoplasma gondii -- PCR-Derived Methods for the Identification of Trichinella Parasites from Animal and Human Samples -- Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica by a Swab Enrichment PCR Procedure.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-58829-049-2
Language:
English
