An Optimized Method to Assess Viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Agricultural Soil Using Combined Propidium Monoazide Staining and Quantitative PCR

Agricultural soil contaminated by manure is becoming an important source for the transmission of foodborne pathogens. There is an urgent need for a rapid and accurate method for viable pathogen detection in agricultural soil samples. Propidium monoazide (PMA) is a DNA-binding dye that can inhibit th...

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Main Authors: Yulong Fu, Zhe Ye, Yangyang Jia, Jiahui Fan, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Chaofeng Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
PMA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01809/full