Improved sample treatment protocol for accurate detection of live Salmonella spp. in food samples by viability PCR.

Culture-based detection is still considered as the standard way for detection of Salmonella in foods, although molecular methods, such as viability PCR (vPCR), have been introduced to overcome some disadvantages of traditional culture methods. Despite the success of the vPCR methodology, the problem...

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Main Authors: Mai Dinh Thanh, Gemma Agustí, Anneluise Mader, Bernd Appel, Francesc Codony
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5726647?pdf=render