A novel real-time PCR for Listeria monocytogenes that monitors analytical performance via an internal amplification control

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The development and optimization of a novel quantitative real-time (Q)-PCR assay for Listeria monocytogenes is reported based on the simultaneous detection of hly gene target sequences, which provides high specificity, sensitivity and quantifiability, and an internal amplification control (IAC) sequence for the assessment of PCR inhibition. This Q-PCR assay for Listeria monocytogenes is a simple and robust tool that facilitates the identification of false negatives or underestimations of contamination loads due to PCR failure.

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Gateway-based destination vectors for functional analyses of bacterial ORFeomes: Application to the min system in Brucella abortus

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The construction of twenty gateway-compatible destination vectors comprising of fluorescent and epitope fusion tags, various drug markers, and replication origins which could be useful for exploring existing microbial ORFeomes is reported. The vectors are observed to be useful to determine the subcellular distribution of several proteins involved in cell division and differentiation of a given bacterium.

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Real-time PCR detection of Brucella abortus: a comparative study of SYBR Green I, 5'-exonuclease, and hybridization probe analysis

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The authors descibe the use of real-time PCR in detecting and quantifying DNA targets. The real-time PCR detection of Brucella abortus has been carried out via evaluation of 5'-exonuclease, hybridization probe analysis and SYBR Green I approaches.

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