Morris, Ceri, Blackwood, A. D., Kirs, M., Buttigieg, Neil D., Morgan, Rhian R., Hogan, J. J., Weeks, Ian and Noble, R. T. 2008. Comparison of transcription-mediated amplification and growth-based methods for the quantitation of Enterococcus bacteria in environmental waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (10) , pp. 3319-3320. 10.1128/AEM.02623-07 |
Abstract
An assay based on transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) technology was used to quantitate Enterococcus fecal indicator bacteria in environmental water samples. The results generated by this and two growth-based methods relative to the 104 most-probable-number or CFU-per-100-ml threshold show that the three methods are in good qualitative agreement when tested against a range of water samples taken from different locations. The results demonstrate sensitive and rapid detection (approximately 4 h from sample collection to result) and quantitation of Enterococcus bacteria compared to the results with the growth-based methods.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Biosciences Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI) |
Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
Publisher: | ASM |
ISSN: | 0099-2240 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2020 02:21 |
URI: | http://orca-mwe.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/23405 |
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