Detection ofEscherichia coliin water using a colorimetric gene probe assay
- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering and Toxicology
- Vol. 30 (5) , 1059-1067
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529509376249
Abstract
A commercially available DNA hydribization assay (Gene‐trak(R), Framingham, MA, USA) was compared with the EC‐MUG procedure for the detection of Escherichia coli in water. The gene probe gave positive responses for pure cultures of E. coli, E. coli 0157:H7, E. fergusonii. Shigella sonnei, S. dysenteriae and S. boydii. The hybridization assay was capable of detecting E. coli in environmental samples and survivors among chlorine exposed cells.Keywords
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